Cheresh חֵרֵשׁ
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| חֵרֵשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | cheresh |
| Strong's number | H2795 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | deaf |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (5) |
Cheresh (Hebrew חֵרֵשׁ, Strong's H2795) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “deaf”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
deaf
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | deaf (9) |
|---|---|
| BSB | deaf (5), like a deaf man (1), shuts (1), you deaf (1), are deaf (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Cheresh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 4:11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Leviticus
- Leviticus 19:14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
Psalms
- Psalm 38:13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
- Psalm 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Isaiah 42:18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
- Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
- Isaiah 43:8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
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).