King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2661
Transliteration: chaphor
Phonetic Spelling: (khaf-ore')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: mole
Meaning: a burrower, a rat
Word Summary
chaphor: mole
Original Word: חֲפֹרTransliteration: chaphor
Phonetic Spelling: (khaf-ore')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: mole
Meaning: a burrower, a rat
Strong's Concordance
mole From chaphar; a hole; only in connection with perah, which ought rather to be joined as one word, thus chapharperah {khaf-ar- pay-raw'}; by reduplication from chaphar; a burrower, i.e. Probably a rat -- + mole.
see HEBREW chaphar
see HEBREW perah
see HEBREW chaphar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2661. chaphor
[חֲפַרְמָּרָה] noun feminine mole (as digger) — only Isaiah 2:20, read לַחֲפַרְמָּרוֺת (מֵּרוֺת לַחְמֹּר ᵑ0, meaning obscure, see conjectures in Thes GesComm. Di).