Strong's Hebrew · H2244
H2244 châbâʼ
חָבָא
khaw-baw'
to hide
Looking for Greek G2244 hēlikía? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2244. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
châbâʼ appears 33 times in Scripture, including Genesis 3:8 and Joshua 6:17. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to secrete
In the King James Version
× held, hide (self), do secretly.
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2245 (חָבַב));
Appears 33 times in Scripture
“At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.”
“Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”
“Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.”
“And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.”
““I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.””
“Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.”
“Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’”
“And Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.””
“Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.”
“He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
