King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2670
Transliteration: chophshi
Phonetic Spelling: (khof-shee')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: free
Meaning: exempt
Word Summary
chophshi: free
Original Word: חָפְשִׁיTransliteration: chophshi
Phonetic Spelling: (khof-shee')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: free
Meaning: exempt
Strong's Concordance
free, liberty From chaphash; exempt (from bondage, tax or care) -- free, liberty.
see HEBREW chaphash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2670. chophshi
חָפְשִׁי adjective free (Late Hebrew id.) — ׳ח Exodus 21:5 10t. + Psalm 88:6; plural חָפְשִׁים Isaiah 58:6 4t. —
1 free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Exodus 21:2, 5 (JE), Deuteronomy 15:12-13, 18, compare Jeremiah 34:9-10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Exodus 21:26-27, (JE); ח ׳עֶבֶד מֵאֲדֹנָיו Job 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in Sh®°ôl); but חָפְשִׁי בַּמֵּתִים Psalm 88:6 among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh's remembrance); more Generally, חָפְשִׁים רְצוּצִים שַׁלַּח Isaiah 58:6 to let oppressed ones go free.
2 free from taxes, obligations, etc. בְּיְשְׂרָאֵל חָפְשִׁי יַעֲשֶׂה אָבִיו בֵּית אֵת 1 Samuel 17:25 his father's house will he make free in Israel.