חָפַר châphar

Meaning

properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore

In the King James Version: dig, paw, search out, seek.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 21:30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
• Genesis 26:15 So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
• Genesis 26:18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
• Genesis 26:19 Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
• Genesis 26:21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
• Genesis 26:22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
• Genesis 26:32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
• Exodus 7:24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
• Numbers 21:18 The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
• Deuteronomy 1:22 Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
• Deuteronomy 23:13 And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
• Joshua 2:2 And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
• Joshua 2:3 So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”
• Job 3:21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
• Job 11:18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
• Job 39:21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
• Job 39:29 From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
• Psalms 7:15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
• Psalms 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
• Jeremiah 13:7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.