Definition
a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 through the idea of detection); to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
Traditional renderings: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
Traditional renderings: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָפֵר:
- αἰσχύνωaischunō“be ashamed”50%
- καταισχύνωkataischunō“to dishonor”50%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
17 total
- Job 6:20וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃ · brings disappointmentThey are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- Psalm 34:5יֶחְפָּֽרוּ׃ · be ashamedThose who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
- Psalm 35:4וְיַחְפְּר֑וּ · and confoundedMay those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- Psalm 35:26וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀ · and confoundedMay those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalm 40:14וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀ · and confoundedMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 70:2וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮ · and confoundedMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalm 71:24חָ֝פְר֗וּ · confoundedMy tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
- Psalm 83:17וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ · in disgraceMay they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- Proverbs 13:5וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃ · and disgraceThe righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
- Proverbs 19:26וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃ · and disgraceHe who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
- Isaiah 1:29וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ · you will be embarrassedSurely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
- Isaiah 24:23וְחָֽפְרָה֙ · will be confoundedThe moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
- Isaiah 33:9הֶחְפִּ֥יר · is ashamedThe land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Isaiah 54:4תַחְפִּ֑ירִי · be humiliatedDo not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
- Jeremiah 15:9וְחָפֵ֑רָה · and humiliatedThe mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 50:12חָפְרָ֖ה · will be disgraced…your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- Micah 3:7וְחָֽפְרוּ֙ · will be disgracedThen the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”