Châsaph — H2834

Definition

verb

to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)

1. to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out
1. (Qal)
1. to strip off
2. to strip, lay bare
3. to draw (water), skim, take from the surface

Usually translated as

make bare, discover, take, clean, draw out, uncover

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• anakalýptō (G343)
• apokalýptō (G601)
• ereunáō (G2045)
• katasýrō (G2694)

Occurrences

Châsaph occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Joel (1), Haggai (1)

• Psalms 29:9 — The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth (וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ף) the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
• Isaiah 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered (וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י), to the shame of Egypt.
• Isaiah 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take (וְלַחְשֹׂ֥ף) water withal out of the pit.
• Isaiah 47:2 — Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare (חֶשְׂפִּי) the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
• Isaiah 52:10 — The LORD hath made bare (חָשַׂ֤ף) his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Jeremiah 13:26 — Therefore will I discover (חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי) thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
• Jeremiah 49:10 — But I have made Esau bare (חָשַׂ֣פְתִּי), I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
• Ezekiel 4:7 — Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered (חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה), and thou shalt prophesy against it.
• Joel 1:7 — He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare (חֲשָׂפָהּ֙), and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
• Joel 1:7 — He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare (חָשֹׂ֤ף), and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
• Haggai 2:16 — Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out (לַחְשֹׂף֙) fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.