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חָבָא H2244
H2244 is the Hebrew word חָבָא, transliterated châbâʼ and said khaw-baw'. The King James Version most often renders it hid.
What it means
to secrete.
Where it comes from
a primitive root (compare H2245 (חָבַב)).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.
Verses using חָבָא
All 30 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:8 · KJV
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 31:27 · KJV
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Joshua 6:17 · KJV
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Joshua 6:25 · KJV
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua 10:16 · KJV
But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
Joshua 10:17 · KJV
And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Joshua 10:27 · KJV
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
1 Samuel 10:22 · KJV
Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
1 Samuel 13:6 · KJV
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
1 Samuel 14:11 · KJV
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1 Samuel 14:22 · KJV
Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
1 Samuel 19:2 · KJV
But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
1 Samuel 23:23 · KJV
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
2 Samuel 17:9 · KJV
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
1 Kings 18:4 · KJV
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 18:13 · KJV
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
2 Kings 6:29 · KJV
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
2 Kings 11:3 · KJV
And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
1 Chronicles 21:20 · KJV
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
2 Chronicles 18:24 · KJV
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
2 Chronicles 22:9 · KJV
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
2 Chronicles 22:12 · KJV
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
Job 5:21 · KJV
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Job 24:4 · KJV
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job 29:8 · KJV
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
Job 29:10 · KJV
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 38:30 · KJV
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Isaiah 42:22 · KJV
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Isaiah 49:2 · KJV
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Amos 9:3 · KJV
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Common questions
What does Strong's H2244 mean?
H2244 is the Hebrew word חָבָא (châbâʼ), meaning to secrete.
How is H2244 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hid (14 times), hide (3 times), because she hid (2 times), hid themselves (1 time), secretly (1 time), among others.
How many times does H2244 appear in the Bible?
חָבָא (châbâʼ) is tagged in 30 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2244 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (compare H2245 (חָבַב)).
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