Occurrences
Châshâh occurs 15 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (3), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6)
- Judges 18:9 — And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still (מַחְשִׁ֔ים)? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
- 1 Kings 22:3 — And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still (מַחְשִׁ֔ים), and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
- 2 Kings 2:3 — And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace (הֶחֱשֽׁוּ).
- 2 Kings 2:5 — And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace (הֶחֱשֽׁוּ).
- 2 Kings 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace (מַחְשִׁ֗ים): if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
- Nehemiah 8:11 — So the Levites stilled (מַחְשִׁ֤ים) all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
- Psalms 39:2 — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace (הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי), even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Psalms 107:29 — He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still (וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ).
- Ecclesiastes 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence (לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת), and a time to speak;
- Isaiah 42:14 — I have long time holden my peace (הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙); I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Isaiah 57:11 — And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace (מַחְשֶׁה֙) even of old, and thou fearest me not?
- Isaiah 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace (אֶחֱשֶׁ֔ה), and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
- Isaiah 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace (יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ) day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- Isaiah 64:12 — Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace (תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה), and afflict us very sore?
- Isaiah 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence (אֶחֱשֶׂה֙), but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,