חָבָא (ḥābāʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning withdraw. It appears
33 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2244).
Also rendered
to hide
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 588)
Range of meaning (TWOT 588)withdraw, hide; hide oneself; have been hidden; be hidden; draw back, draw together, thicken, harden; secrete; do secretly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָבָאverb: withdraw, hide
Niphalhide oneself
Pualhave been hidden
Hiphilhide, transitive
Hophalbe hidden
Hithpael
1.draw back, hide oneself
2.draw together, thicken, harden
Strong's H2244חָבָא: to secrete KJV:× held, hide (self), do secretly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.