H2659 חָפֵר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 17 KJV occurrences
חָפֵר
châphêr · khaw-fare'
Definition
to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
KJV Renderings
be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 17)
- Job 6:20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
- Psalms 35:4Let 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 40:14Let 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 71:24My 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.
- Proverbs 13:5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
- Isaiah 33:9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
- Jeremiah 15:9She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.