חָשַׂף

cha.saphto stripHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb11 occurrences6 books10 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
Traditional renderings: make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָשַׂף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Psalm 29:9וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ף · bare
    The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
  2. Isaiah 20:4וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י · with bared
    …so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
  3. Isaiah 30:14וְלַחְשֹׂ֥ף · or to skim
    It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
  4. Isaiah 47:2חֶשְׂפִּי־ · strip off
    Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
  5. Isaiah 52:10חָשַׂ֤ף · has bared
    The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
  6. Jeremiah 13:26חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי · up
    So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
  7. Jeremiah 49:10חָשַׂ֣פְתִּי · bare
    But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
  8. Ezekiel 4:7חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה · bared
    You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
  9. Joel 1:7חָשֹׂ֤ף · It has stripped off the bark; חֲשָׂפָהּ֙
    It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
  10. Haggai 2:16לַחְשֹׂף֙ · to draw out
    …from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.