- Original: חפשׂ - Transliteration: Chaphas - Phonetic: khaw-fas' - Definition: 1. to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself a. (Qal) 1. to search for 2. to think out, devise 3. to search, test b. (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed c. (Piel) to search, search through, search for d. (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out e. (Hithpael) 1. to disguise oneself 2. to let oneself be searched for - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 716 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to seek; causatively to conceal oneself (that is let be sought) or mask: - change (make) diligent (search) disguise self hide search (for out). Total KJV Occurrences: 23 • changed, 1 Job 30:18 • hidden, 1 Proverbs 28:12 • himself, 5 1 Samuel 28:8; 1 Kings 20:38; 1 Kings 22:30; 2 Chronicles 18:29; 2 Chronicles 35:22 • myself, 2 1 Kings 22:30; 2 Chronicles 18:29 • out, 3 1 Samuel 23:23; Psalm 64:6; Obadiah 1:6 • search, 7 1 Kings 20:6; 2 Kings 10:23; Psalm 64:6; Psalm 77:6; Lamentations 3:40; Amos 9:3; Zephaniah 1:12 • searched, 2 Genesis 31:35; Genesis 44:12 • searchest, 1 Proverbs 2:4 • searching, 1 Proverbs 20:27