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חָרַשׁ (H2790)

chârash

khaw-rash'

a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

[חָרֵשׁ] vb. 1. be silent, dumb, speechless; 2. be deaf; chiefly poet.
Qal
1 be silent, alw. of God’s keeping silence when men pray
2 be deaf
Hiph.
1 be silent (= exhibit silence)
2 once causat. make silent
3 be deaf, shew deafness
[חָרַשׁ] vb. cut in, engrave, plough, devise
Qal
1 cut in, engrave
2 plough
3 devise
Niph. Zion, as a field she shall be ploughed
Hiph. fabricating mischief against

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


66 occurrences

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  • Psalms 109:1
    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
  • Psalms 129:3
    The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
  • Proverbs 3:29
    Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
  • Proverbs 6:14
    Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
  • Proverbs 6:18
    An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
  • Proverbs 11:12
    He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
  • Proverbs 12:20
    Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
  • Proverbs 14:22
    Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
  • Proverbs 17:28
    Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
  • Proverbs 20:4
    The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.