Quick Definition
to strip
Strong's Definition
to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.
TWOT Reference: 766
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to strip off
1a2) to strip, lay bare
1a3) to draw (water), skim, take from the surface
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָשַׂף (cha.saph) — to strip. 1) to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to strip off 1a2) to strip, lay bare 1a3) to draw (water), skim, take from the surface
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָשִׂיף · מַחְשֹׂף
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָשַׂף vb. strip off, strip, make bare base