חָפַר (ḥāpar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning dig. It appears
22 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2658).
Also rendered
to search
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 714)
Range of meaning (TWOT 714)dig, search for; pry into, delve, explore; paw, search out, seek
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָפַרverb: dig, search for
Strong's H2658חָפַר: properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore KJV:dig, paw, search out, seek.
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.