Cheresh חֶ֫רֶשׁ
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| חֶ֫רֶשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | cheresh |
| Strong's number | H2791 (H2791A, H2791B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Gloss | silently |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (1) |
Cheresh (Hebrew חֶ֫רֶשׁ, Strong's H2791) is a Hebrew adverb meaning “silently”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H2791A: silently
adv
silently, secretly
silently, secretly
H2791B: craftily
magic art, magician
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | craftsmen (2), secretly (1), artificer (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | secretly (1), magician (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Cheresh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).