Strong's Hebrew · H2659

חָפֵר

châphêr · khaw-fare'

Definitionto blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
Derivationa primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);
KJV usagebe ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
Occurrences17 in the KJV · 17 verses

חָפֵר in Scripture

Job 6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. Psalms 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. Psalms 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. Psalms 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. Psalms 40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Psalms 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Psalms 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. Psalms 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. Proverbs 19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. Isaiah 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. Isaiah 24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
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