Kâchash — H3584

Definition

verb

to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)

1. to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely
1. (Qal) to become lean
2. (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience
3. (Piel)
1. to deceive, deny falsely
2. to act deceptively
3. to cringe
4. to disappoint, fail
4. (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience

Usually translated as

deny, fail, lying, deceive, deal falsely, be found liars, lie, dissemble, belie, submit selves

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• arnéomai (G720)

Occurrences

Kâchash occurs 23 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Leviticus (3), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (4), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Daniel (1), Hosea (2), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)

• Genesis 18:15 — Then Sarah denied (וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ), saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
• Leviticus 6:2 — If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie (וְכִחֵ֨שׁ) unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
• Leviticus 6:3 — Or have found that which was lost, and lieth (וְכִ֥חֶשׁ) concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
• Leviticus 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely (תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ), neither lie one to another.
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars (וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ) unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• Joshua 7:11 — Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled (כִּֽחֲשׁ֔וּ) also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
• Joshua 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny (תְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּן) your God.
• 2 Samuel 22:45 — Strangers shall submit themselves (יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ) unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
• 1 Kings 13:18 — He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied (כִּחֵ֖שׁ) unto him.
• Job 8:18 — If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny (וְכִ֥חֶשׁ) him, saying, I have not seen thee.
• Job 31:28 — This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied (כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי) the God that is above.
• Psalms 18:44 — As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit (יְכַחֲשׁוּ) themselves unto me.
• Psalms 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit (יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ) themselves unto thee.
• Psalms 81:15 — The haters of the LORD should have submitted (יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ) themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
• Psalms 109:24 — My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth (כָּחַ֥שׁ) of fatness.
• Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny (וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮) thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Isaiah 59:13 — In transgressing and lying (וְכַחֵשׁ֙) against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
• Jeremiah 5:12 — They have belied (כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙) the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
• Daniel 10:18 — Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
• Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying (וְכַחֵ֔שׁ), and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• Hosea 9:2 — The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail (יְכַ֥חֶשׁ) in her.
• Habakkuk 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail (כִּחֵשׁ֙), and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
• Zechariah 13:4 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive (כַּחֵֽשׁ):