# חָפָה (chafah)

Israeli respelling: cha-fah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2645. 10 Old Testament occurrences.

to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect

King James renderings: ceil, cover, overlay.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chafah-h2645

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/30) — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people…
- [2 Chronicles 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/5) — And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
- [2 Chronicles 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/7) — He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the wall…
- [2 Chronicles 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/8) — And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twent…
- [2 Chronicles 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/9) — And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- [Esther 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/12) — And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
- [Esther 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/8) — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was…
- [Psalms 68:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/13) — Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
- [Jeremiah 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/3) — And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels emp…
- [Jeremiah 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/4) — Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.