חָפַשׂ (ḥāpaś) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning search. It appears
23 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2664).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 716)
Range of meaning (TWOT 716)search; search out, search for, think out, devise, test; searched out; search through; be searched for; disguise oneself, let oneself be searched for; seek, conceal oneself, mask; change, diligent, disquise self, hide
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָפַשׂverb: search
Qalsearch, search out
1.search for
2.think out, devise
3.search = test
Niphalsearched out = exposed and plundered
Piel
1.search through
2.search for
Pualbe searched for = be hidden
Hithpaeldisguise oneself (literally let oneself be searched for)
Strong's H2664חָפַשׂ: to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask KJV:change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).
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.