חָשַׂףchâsaph

חָשַׂף: strip off, strip, make bare

Pronunciation: khaw-saf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2834

Meanings

Qal: construct, below (Isaiah 52:10; Joel 1:7; Jeremiah 13:26)

1. strip off (Isaiah 47:2; Jeremiah 13:26)

2. strip, lay bare (Isaiah 52:10; Ezekiel 4:7; Jeremiah 49:10)

3. draw (water) (Isaiah 30:14; Haggai 2:16)

חֲשׂוּפַי: see חשׂף. above (Isaiah 20:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 29:9 The voice of the Lord twists mighty oaks and strips the forests bare. In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”
  • Isaiah 20:4 For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
  • Isaiah 30:14 You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”
  • Isaiah 47:2 Take heavy millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, and strip off your robe. Expose yourself to public view.
  • Isaiah 52:10 The Lord has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.
  • Jeremiah 13:26 I myself will strip you and expose you to shame.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).