חָפַשׂ

Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.

The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”

So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”

But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

…and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

…if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’