Kachash כַּ֫חַשׁ
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| כַּ֫חַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kachash |
| Strong's number | H3585 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | lie |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Hosea (3) |
Kachash (Hebrew כַּ֫חַשׁ, Strong's H3585) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lie”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) lying, deception
2) leanness, failure
2) leanness, failure
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lies (4), leanness (1), lying (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | lies (4), my frailty (1), their lies (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Kachash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 16:8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Psalms
- Psalm 59:12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Hosea
- Hosea 7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 10:13Ye 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,
- Hosea 11:12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
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).