H3182 יָחֵף (yâchêph) yaw-khafe'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

barefoot

Strong's Definition

unsandalled

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to take off the shoes;

KJV Usage: barefoot, being unshod.

TWOT Reference: 861a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) barefoot

1a) bareness, being unshod (subst)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יָחֵף (ya.cheph) — barefoot. 1) barefoot 1a) bareness, being unshod (subst)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

יָחֵף (H3182)

adj

Undress | ≈ עָרֹום

barefoot = state in which humans do not wear shoes or sandals ► in order to be able to walk faster

2SA 15:30 · ISA 20:2 · ISA 20:3 · ISA 20:4 · JER 2:25

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָחֵף adj. barefoot base

Bible Occurrences (5)

15:30

20:2 20:3 20:4

2:25

2 Samuel 15:30

But David continued up... the [Mount of] Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered... their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

Isaiah 20:2

the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist [and]... the sandals from your feet. And [Isaiah] did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

Isaiah 20:3

Then the LORD said, Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt... and Cush,

Isaiah 20:4

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks— to Egypt’s shame.

Jeremiah 2:25

You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, It is hopeless...! For I love foreign [gods], and I must go after them.