Word Summary
chephes: a device, plot
Original Word: חֵפֶשׂTransliteration: chephes
Phonetic Spelling: (khay'-fes)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a device, plot
Meaning: something covert, a trick
Strong's Concordance
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From chaphas; something covert, i.e. A trick -- search.
see HEBREW chaphas
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2665. chephes
חֵ֫פֶשׂ noun [masculine] a (shrewd) device, plot, only in ח ׳תָּֽמְנוּ מְחֻמָּשׂ Psalm 64:7 (compare חָפַשׂ above)