خَبْءٌ

(S, Msb, K) and ↓ خِبْءٌ (TA) and ↓ خُبْأَةٌ, of the measure فُعْلَةٌ from الخبأ [or rather الخَبْءُ], like غُرْفَةٌ and قُبْضَةٌ from الغَرْفُ and القَبْضُ, (Har p. 426,) and ↓ خَبِىْءٌ (S, K) and ↓ خَبِيْيءَةٌ, (K,) of which last the plural is خَبَايَا, (TA,) A thing that is hidden, or concealed, (S, * Msb, K,) and absent, or unseen. (K.) [Hence,] خَبْءُ السَّمَاءِ The rain. (Th, S, K.) And خَبْءُ الأَرْضِ The plants, or herbage. (S, K.) And الأَرْضِ ↓ خَبَايَا The seed which the sower has hidden in the earth: or what God has hidden in the mines of the earth. (TA, from a tradition) الَّذِى يُخْرِجُ الخَبْءَ فِى السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ, in the Qur'an, 27:25, is held by Az to mean Who knoweth what is unseen in the heavens and the earth; agreeably with an explanation of الخَبْءُ by Fr. (TA.)