Strong's H2670 · Hebrew
חׇפְשִׁי
chophshîy · /khof-shee'/
Definition
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
KJV: free, liberty.
Root / derivation: from H2666 (חָפַשׁ);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חׇפְשִׁי across 17 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
17 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus4 verses
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Exodus 21:5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: shall: Heb. saying shall say
Exodus 21:26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus 21:27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Deuteronomy3 verses
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Deuteronomy 15:18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
Job2 verses
Jeremiah5 verses
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Jeremiah 34:10Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
Jeremiah 34:11But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Jeremiah 34:14At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. hath been: or, hath sold himself
Jeremiah 34:16But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H2670 (chophshîy) mean?
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
How many times does H2670 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H2670 (חׇפְשִׁי) appears in 17 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “free.”
How is chophshîy translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H2670 is rendered as “free” (16×), “liberty” (1×).
Where does the Hebrew word חׇפְשִׁי come from?
from H2666 (חָפַשׁ);