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.
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:
- ἀνακαλύπτωanakaluptō“to unveil”33%
- ἀποκαλύπτωapokaluptō“to reveal”33%
- ἀποκάλυψιςapokalupsis“revelation”33%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- Psalm 29:9וַֽיֶּחֱשֹׂ֪ף · bareThe voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
- 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.
- Isaiah 30:14וְלַחְשֹׂ֥ף · or to skimIt 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.”
- Isaiah 47:2חֶשְׂפִּי־ · strip offTake millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
- Isaiah 52:10חָשַׂ֤ף · has baredThe 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.
- Jeremiah 13:26חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי · upSo I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
- Jeremiah 49:10חָשַׂ֣פְתִּי · bareBut 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.
- Ezekiel 4:7חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה · baredYou must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
- Joel 1:7חָשֹׂ֤ף · It has stripped off the bark; חֲשָׂפָהּ֙It 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.
- 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.