Strongs Number: H2790
| Hebrew Word: | חָרַשׁ |
| Transliteration: | chârash |
| Phonetic: | khaw-rash' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to {scratch} that {is} (by implication) to {engrave} plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be {silent} to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) |
| BDB Definition: |
1. to cut in, plough, engrave, devise a. (Qal) 1. to cut in, engrave 2. to plough 3. to devise b. (Niphal) to be ploughed c. (Hiphil) to plot evil 2. to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf a. (Qal) 1. to be silent 2. to be deaf b. (Hiphil) 1. to be silent, keep quiet 2. to make silent 3. to be deaf, show deafness c. (Hithpael) to remain silent |
| Origin: | A primitive root |
| Bible Usage: | X-(idiom) {altogether} {cease} {conceal} be {deaf} {devise} {ear} {graven} {imagine} leave off {speaking} hold {peace} plow ({-er} {-man}) be {quiet} {rest} practise {secretly} keep {silence} be {silent} speak not a {word} be {still} hold {tongue} worker. |