Kachash כָּחַשׁ
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| כָּחַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kachash |
| Strong's number | H3584 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to deceive |
| Occurrences | 22 in 22 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (4) |
Kachash (Hebrew כָּחַשׁ, Strong's H3584) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to deceive”. It occurs 22 times in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely
1a) (Qal) to become lean
1b) (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to deceive, deny falsely
1c2) to act deceptively
1c3) to cringe
1c4) to disappoint, fail
1d) (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience
1a) (Qal) to become lean
1b) (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to deceive, deny falsely
1c2) to act deceptively
1c3) to cringe
1c4) to disappoint, fail
1d) (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | deny (3), submit (3), denied (2), lying (2), fail (2), lie (1), lieth (1), falsely (1), liars (1), dissembled (1), lied (1), submitted (1), and 3 other renderings |
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| BSB | cower (2), she denied it (1), deceiving (1), lies (1), lie (1), will cower before you (1), lied (1), deny (1), old prophet was lying (1), it will disown (1), i would have denied (1), cower before you (1), and 9 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Kachash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 18:15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
Leviticus
- Leviticus 6:2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie 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;“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
- Leviticus 6:3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy 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 unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Joshua
- Joshua 7:11Israel 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 also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
- Joshua 24:27And 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 your God.And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 13:18He 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 unto him.Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
Job
- Job 8:18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- Job 31:28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
Psalms
- Psalm 18:44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
- Psalm 66:3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Psalm 81:15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
- Psalm 109:24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 59:13In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 5:12They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
Hosea
- Hosea 4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Hosea 9:2The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 3:17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, 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:Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
Zechariah
- Zechariah 13:4And 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:And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
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).