Strong's Hebrew: 2817. חֲשׂוּפָא (Chasupha) -- Chasupha

Strong's Lexicon

Chasupha: Chasupha

Original Word: חֲשׂוּפָא
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Chasuwpha'
Pronunciation: khä-soo-fä'
Phonetic Spelling: (khas-oo-faw')
Definition: Chasupha
Meaning: Chasupha

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to strip or to be bare.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the proper noun Chasupha, as it is specific to the Hebrew context of the post-exilic returnees.

Usage: Chasupha is a proper noun used in the Old Testament to refer to a specific individual or family group. It is primarily recognized as the name of a family of temple servants who returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.

Cultural and Historical Background: The name Chasupha appears in the context of the post-exilic period when the Israelites were returning to Jerusalem and Judah from Babylonian captivity. The temple servants, or Nethinim, were a group assigned to assist the Levites in the service of the temple. Their role was crucial in the restoration of worship and religious practices in the rebuilt temple. The mention of Chasupha highlights the importance of every family and individual in the collective effort to restore the spiritual and communal life of Israel.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chasaph
Definition
an Isr.
NASB Translation
Hasupha (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲשׂוּפָא, חֲשֻׁפָא proper name, masculine head of a family of Nethinim among the returning exiles חֲשׂוּפָא Ezra 2:43 = חֲשֻׂפָא Nehemiah 7:46.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Hashupha, Hasupha

Or Chasuphao {khas-oo-faw'}; from chasaph; nakedness; Chasupha, one of the Nethinim -- Hashupha, Hasupha.

see HEBREW chasaph

Forms and Transliterations

חֲשֻׂפָ֖א חֲשׂוּפָ֖א חשופא חשפא chasuFa ḥă·śu·p̄ā ḥă·śū·p̄ā ḥăśup̄ā ḥăśūp̄ā

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