Chârash — H2790

Definition

verb

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)

1. to cut in, plough, engrave, devise
1. (Qal)
1. to cut in, engrave
2. to plough
3. to devise
2. (Niphal) to be ploughed
3. (Hiphil) to plot evil
2. to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf
1. (Qal)
1. to be silent
2. to be deaf
2. (Hiphil)
1. to be silent, keep quiet
2. to make silent
3. to be deaf, show deafness
3. (Hithpael) to remain silent

Usually translated as

hold peace, plow, keep silence, hold tongue, devise, be silent, cease, conceal, be deaf, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, be quiet, rest, be still, worker, altogether, plower, practise secretly, speak not a word

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ágō (G71)
• aischýnomai (G153)
• arotrióō (G722)
• hēsycházō (G2270)
• hēsychía (G2271)
• therízō (G2325)
• kataskeuázō (G2680)
• parakoúō (G3878)
• sigáō (G4601)
• siōpáō (G4623)

Occurrences

Chârash occurs 74 times in 66 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (1), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Esther (2), Job (10), Psalms (9), Proverbs (8), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (4), Hosea (2), Amos (2), Micah (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Genesis 24:21 — And the man wondering at her held his peace (מַחֲרִ֕ישׁ), to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
• Genesis 34:5 — And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace (וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ) until they were come.
• Exodus 14:14 — The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace (תַּחֲרִישֽׁוּן).
• Numbers 30:4 — And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace (וְהֶחֱרִ֥ישׁ) at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
• Numbers 30:7 — And her husband heard it, and held his peace (וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁ) at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
• Numbers 30:11 — And her husband heard it, and held his peace (וְהֶחֱרִ֣שׁ) at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
• Numbers 30:14 — But if her husband altogether hold his peace (הַחֲרֵשׁ֩) at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
• Numbers 30:14 — But if her husband altogether hold his peace (הֶחֱרִ֥שׁ) at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
• Numbers 30:14 — But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace (יַחֲרִ֨ישׁ) at her in the day that he heard them.
• Deuteronomy 22:10 — Thou shalt not plow (תַחֲרֹ֥שׁ) with an ox and an ass together.
• Judges 14:18 — And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed (חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם) with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
• Judges 16:2 — And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet (וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ) all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
• Judges 18:19 — And they said unto him, Hold thy peace (הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ), lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
• 1 Samuel 7:8 — And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease (תַּחֲרֵ֣שׁ) not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 8:12 — And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear (וְלַחֲרֹ֤שׁ) his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
• 1 Samuel 10:27 — But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace (כְּמַחֲרִֽישׁ).
• 1 Samuel 23:9 — And David knew that Saul secretly (מַחֲרִ֣ישׁ) practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
• 2 Samuel 13:20 — And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold (הַחֲרִ֙ישִׁי֙) now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
• 2 Samuel 19:10 — And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak (מַחֲרִשִׁ֖ים) ye not a word of bringing the king back?
• 1 Kings 7:14 — He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker (חֹרֵ֣שׁ) in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
• 1 Kings 19:19 — So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing (חֹרֵ֔שׁ) with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
• 2 Kings 18:36 — But the people held their peace (וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ), and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
• Nehemiah 5:8 — And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace (וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ), and found nothing to answer.
• Esther 4:14 — For if thou altogether holdest thy peace (תַּחֲרִישִׁי֮) at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
• Esther 4:14 — For if thou altogether holdest thy peace (הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ) at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
• Esther 7:4 — For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue (הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי), although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
• Job 1:14 — And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing (חֹֽרְשׁ֔וֹת), and the asses feeding beside them:
• Job 4:8 — Even as I have seen, they that plow (חֹ֣רְשֵׁי) iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
• Job 6:24 — Teach me, and I will hold my tongue (אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ): and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
• Job 11:3 — Should thy lies make men hold their peace (יַחֲרִ֑ישׁו)? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
• Job 13:5 — O that ye would altogether hold your peace (תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן)! and it should be your wisdom.
• Job 13:5 — O that ye would altogether hold your peace (הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ)! and it should be your wisdom.
• Job 13:13 — Hold your peace (הַחֲרִ֣ישׁוּ), let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
• Job 13:19 — Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue (אַחֲרִ֣ישׁ), I shall give up the ghost.
• Job 33:31 — Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace (הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ), and I will speak.
• Job 33:33 — If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace (הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ), and I shall teach thee wisdom.
• Job 41:12 — I will not conceal (אַחֲרִ֥ישׁ) his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
• Psalms 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent (תֶּחֱרַ֪שׁ) to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
• Psalms 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent (תֶּחֱרַ֪שׁ) to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
• Psalms 32:3 — When I kept silence (הֶ֭חֱרַשְׁתִּי), my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
• Psalms 35:22 — This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence (תֶּחֱרַ֑שׁ): O Lord, be not far from me.
• Psalms 39:12 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace (תֶּ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ) at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
• Psalms 50:3 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence (יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ): a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
• Psalms 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence (וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי); thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
• Psalms 83:1 — Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace (תֶּחֱרַ֖שׁ), and be not still, O God.
• Psalms 109:1 — Hold (תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ) not thy peace, O God of my praise;
• Psalms 129:3 — The plowers (חָרְשׁ֣וּ) plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
• Psalms 129:3 — The plowers plowed (חֹרְשִׁ֑ים) upon my back: they made long their furrows.
• Proverbs 3:29 — Devise (תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ) not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
• Proverbs 6:14 — Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth (חֹרֵ֣שׁ) mischief continually; he soweth discord.