Chashah חָשָׁה

Chashah (Hebrew חָשָׁה, Strong's H2814) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be silent”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Judges

• 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? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!

1 Kings

• 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, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”

2 Kings

• 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.Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
• 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.Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
• 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: 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.Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 8:11
  So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”

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 39:2
  I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
• Psalm 107:29
  He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 3:7
  A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

Isaiah

• 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.
• 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 even of old, and thou fearest me not?Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
• Isaiah 62:1
  For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, 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.For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
• Isaiah 62:6
  I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
• Isaiah 64:12
  Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
• Isaiah 65:6
  Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

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).