Charesh חָרֵשׁ

Charesh (Hebrew חָרֵשׁ, Strong's H2790) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be quiet”. It occurs 74 times in 67 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2790B: be quiet

H2790A: to plow/plot

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Charesh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 4:22
  And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
• Genesis 24:21
  And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
• 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 until they were come.Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

Exodus

• Exodus 14:14
  The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Numbers

• 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 at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
• Numbers 30:7
  And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
• Numbers 30:11
  And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
• 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 at her in the day that he heard them.But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 22:10
  Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

Judges

• 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 with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved 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 all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
• Judges 18:19
  And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, 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?“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 7:8
  And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from 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 his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip 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.But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
• 1 Samuel 23:9
  And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 13:20
  And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
• 2 Samuel 19:10
  And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”

1 Kings

• 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 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.He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
• 1 Kings 19:19
  So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 18:36
  But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

Nehemiah

• 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, and found nothing to answer.and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

Esther

• Esther 4:14
  For if thou altogether holdest thy peace 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?For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have 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, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

Job

• Job 1:14
  And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
• Job 4:8
  Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
• Job 6:24
  Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
• Job 11:3
  Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
• Job 13:5
  O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
• Job 13:13
  Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
• Job 13:19
  Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
• Job 33:31
  Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
• Job 33:33
  If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”
• Job 41:12
  I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.

Psalms

• Psalm 28:1
  Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
• Psalm 32:3
  When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
• Psalm 35:22
  This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
• Psalm 39:12
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
• Psalm 50:3
  Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
• Psalm 50:21
  These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
• Psalm 83:1
  Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
• Psalm 109:1
  Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;O God of my praise, be not silent.
• Psalm 129:3
  The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 3:29
  Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
• Proverbs 6:14
  Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Proverbs 6:18
  An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
• Proverbs 11:12
  He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
• Proverbs 12:20
  Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
• Proverbs 14:22
  Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
• 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.Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
• Proverbs 20:4
  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 28:24
  Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
• Isaiah 36:21
  But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
• Isaiah 41:1
  Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
• Isaiah 42:14
  I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:19
  My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Jeremiah 17:1
  The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
• Jeremiah 26:18
  Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
• Jeremiah 38:27
  Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

Hosea

• Hosea 10:11
  And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
• Hosea 10:13
  Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Amos

• Amos 6:12
  Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
• Amos 9:13
  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.

Micah

• Micah 3:12
  Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
• Micah 7:16
  The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:13
  Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:17
  The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).