Lexical Definition

‎חָפֵר‎ châphêr (khaw-fare') be ashamed ^H:V
a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as ‎חָפַר‎ through the idea of detection)

be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.

• to blush
• figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed
• causatively, to shame, reproach

1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment

See Greek: αἰσχύνομαι · ἐντρέπω · ἐπαισχύνομαι · καταγελάω · καταισχύνω · ὀνειδίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎חָפֵר‎] verb be abashed, ashamed (ᵑ7 ‎חֲפַר‎ Prov 13:5, ‎מַחְפְּרָנָא‎ one causing shame Prov 19:26 Syriac , especially Aph`el be ashamed, put to shame; Arabic be bashful, shy, bashful; Ethiopic be ashamed, blush) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎חָֽפְרָה‎ Jer 50:12 ‎וְחָֽפְרָה‎ consecutive Isa 24:23 ‎וְחָפֵ֑רָה‎ Jer 15:9 ‎חָֽפְרוּ‎ Ps 71:24 ‎וְחָֽפְרוּ‎ consecutive Mic 3:7 Imperfect ‎יַחְפְּרוּ‎ Ps 35:4 + 4 t.; ‎יֶחְפָּ֑רוּ‎ Ps 34:6* ‎וַיֶּחְפָּ֑רוּ‎ Job 6:20 ‎תַּחְפְּרוּ‎ Isa 1:29 — be abashed, ashamed, said of face Ps 34:6* (avoided by looking to ‎׳‎‎י‎); elsewhere always || ‎בּוֺשׁ‎, of enemies of righteousness Ps 71:24; Ps 35:4; Ps 35:26; Ps 40:15* = Ps 70:3*; Ps 83:18* of idolaters Isa 1:29 diviners Mic 3:7 of distressed Jerusalem Jer 15:9 so of Babylon Jer 50:12 of moon Isa 24:33 be put to shame (disappointment), of caravans looking for water Job 6:20. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הֶחְפִּיר‎ Isa 33:9 Imperfect ‎יַחְפִּיר‎ Prov 13:5 ‎תַּחְפִּ֫ירִי‎ Isa 54:4 Participle ‎מַחְפִּיר‎ Prov 19:26 — display shame, figurative of Lebanon Isa 33:9 (|| ‎קָמַ֑ל‎ 'dried up' Che); of Israel Isa 54:4 (|| ‎בּוֺשׁ‎ Qal); of an unfilial son, cause shame Prov 19:26 (|| ‎מֵבִישׁ‎); compare Prov 13:5 of wicked (|| ‎יבאישׁ‎: see ‎באשׁ‎ Hiph`il above).

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