Châphêr — H2659

Definition

verb

to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach

1. to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
1. (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
2. (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment

Usually translated as

be confounded, be ashamed, shame, be brought to confusion, bring reproach, come

Origin

a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 through the idea of detection)

• Same as Châphar (H2658)

Greek equivalents

• aischýnomai (G153)
• entrépō (G1788)
• epaischýnomai (G1870)
• katageláō (G2606)
• kataischýnō (G2617)
• oneidízō (G3679)

Occurrences

Châphêr occurs 17 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (7), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Micah (1)

• Job 6:20 — They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed (וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ).
• Psalms 34:5 — They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed (יֶחְפָּֽרוּ).
• Psalms 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion (וְיַחְפְּר֑וּ) that devise my hurt.
• Psalms 35:26 — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion (וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ) together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
• Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded (וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ) together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
• Psalms 70:2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded (וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮) that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
• Psalms 71:24 — My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame (חָ֝פְר֗וּ), that seek my hurt.
• Psalms 83:17 — Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame (וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ), and perish:
• Proverbs 13:5 — A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame (וְיַחְפִּֽיר).
• Proverbs 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach (וּמַחְפִּֽיר).
• Isaiah 1:29 — For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded (וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ) for the gardens that ye have chosen.
• Isaiah 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded (וְחָֽפְרָה֙), and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Isaiah 33:9 — The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed (הֶחְפִּ֥יר) and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
• Isaiah 54:4 — Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame (תַחְפִּ֑ירִי): for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
• Jeremiah 15:9 — She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded (וְחָפֵ֑רָה): and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 50:12 — Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed (חָפְרָ֖ה): behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
• Micah 3:7 — Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded (וְחָֽפְרוּ֙): yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.