Lexical Definition

‎חֲקוּפָא‎ Chăqûwphâʼ (khah-oo-faw') Hakupha ^N:N-M-P
from an unused root probably meaning to bend; crooked

Hakupha.

• § Hakupha = "bent"
• Chakupha, one of the Nethinim

1) head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.51

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲקוּפָא‎ proper name, masculine head of a family of returning exiles Ezra 2:51 = Neh 7:53, ᵐ5 Αφεικα, Αχειφα, Ακουφα, etc.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Male • Returned from exile • A temple servant who returned from Babylonian exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Hakupha was among the temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.51;
• only referred to as Hakupha חֲקוּפָא.

Hakupha is mentioned in Ezra 2:51 and Nehemiah 7:53 as one of the temple servants (Nethinim) who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity. The temple servants were a group of people assigned to assist the Levites in the maintenance and service of the temple. They were not of Israelite descent but were likely descendants of the Gibeonites who had been assigned by Joshua to serve in the tabernacle (Joshua 9:27). Hakupha and the other temple servants are listed among those who returned to help rebuild the temple and restore worship in Jerusalem.

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