Strong's Lexicon

H2795

H2795 — חֵרֵשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchereshadjectiveOccurrences: 9TWOT: 761a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2795
Word:	חֵרֵשׁ
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	from H2790
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	cheresh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khay-rashe'
Meaning:	1. deaf (whether literally or spir.)
KJV Renderings:	deaf.

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BDB3187

חֵרֵשׁ adjective deaf — חֵרֵשׁ (= חִרֵּשׁ ֗֗֗ ) Exod 4:11 + 4 t.; plural חֵרְשִׁים Isa 29:18 + 3 t.; — deaf, Exod 4:11 ( J ; || אִלֵּם), Ps 38:14 (|| id.); also Lev 19:14 ( H ), Isa 29:18; Isa 35:5; Isa 42:18; Isa 42:19 + Isa 42:19 b (for last עִוֵּר, compare Isa 43:8 Gr^{JQ 1891, Oct. p. 2} see Che^{Comm., JQ Jan. 1892, 382}), Isa 43:8 ׳ פֶּ֫תֶן ח Ps 58:5 a deaf adder.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרש (gheh-r)

Exodus 4:11

KJV: And 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?

EHCC: who maketh the dumb, or deaf,

Leviticus 19:14

KJV: Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

EHCC: Thou shalt not curse the deaf,

Psalms 38:13

KJV: But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

EHCC: (14). But I, asa deaf (man), heard not;

Psalms 58:4

KJV: Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etcadder: or, asp

EHCC: (5). like the deaf adder (that) stoppeth her

Isaiah 29:18

KJV: And 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.

EHCC: in that day shall the deaf hear

Isaiah 35:5

KJV: Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

EHCC: the ears of the deaf shail be unstopped.

Isaiah 42:18

KJV: Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

EHCC: Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind,

Isaiah 19:0

EHCC: r deaf as my messenger

Isaiah 43:8

KJV: Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

EHCC: and the deaf that have ears.