Definition

to cover (in protection)

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H2645 (חָפָה), H3182 (יָחֵף));

Word family

• חָפָה châphâh
• יָחֵף yâchêph

How the KJV renders it

• cover

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.