Strong’s H2659 · Hebrew

חָפֵר
châphêr
khaw-fare'

Definition

to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach

Etymology

a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • be ashamed
  • be confounded
  • be brought to confusion (unto shame)
  • come (be put to) shame
  • bring reproach

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.