Definition

to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H2644 (חָפָא), H2653 (חׇפַף));

Word family

• חָפָא châphâʼ
• חׇפַף chophaph

How the KJV renders it

• ceil
• cover
• overlay

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.