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Friday, May 10th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2652 - חָפְנִי

Transliteration

Chophnîy

Phonetics

khof-nee'

Origin

from (H2651)

Parts of Speech

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Hophni = “pugilist”

1) one of the two sons of Eli who were priests at Shiloh and were noted for their brutality and lust; their sinfulness provoked a curse against their father’s house and were judged by the Lord when they took the ark into battle; the ark was lost and both brothers were killed and Eli died when he heard the news

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (5)

1 Samuel 5

NAS (5)

1 Samuel 5

HCS (5)

1 Samuel 5

BSB (5)

1 Samuel 5

ESV (5)

1 Samuel 5

WEB (5)

1 Samuel 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָפְנִי proper name, masculine (Sabean proper name חפן Hal^{No 14}) — one of Eli's two sons 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4,11,17.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָפְנִי (perhaps “pugilist,” “fighter”), [Hophni], pr.n. of a son of Eli, 1 Samuel 1:3, 2:34 4:4.

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List of Word Forms

חָפְנִ֖י חָפְנִי֙ חפני chafeNi ḥā·p̄ə·nî ḥāp̄ənî