Strong's Lexicon

H3582

H3582 — כָּחַד

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

HebrewkachadverbOccurrences: 32TWOT: 972

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3582
Word:כָּחַד
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:32
Transliteration:kachad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-khad'
Meaning:1. to secrete, by act or word 2. hence (intensively) to destroy
KJV Renderings:conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.

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[כָּחַד] verb not in Qal; Pi`el Hiph`il hide, efface; Niph`al (usually) passive (Aramaic אתכחדו be effaced Job 4:7 [untranscribed source text 2491] is revere, Participle venerable, Pa`el put to shame, Ethpa`al be ashamed; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2492] deny, apostatize) —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִכְחַד Hos 5:3 + 2 t.; 3 plural נִכְחָ֑דוּ Job 4:7 ; Ps 69:6 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִכָּחֵד 2Sam 18:13, etc.; Participle נִכְחֶדֶת Zech 11:9 plural נִכְחָדוֺת Zech 11:16; Job 15:28
1. be hidden, followed by מִן person, 2Sam 18:13; Hos 5:3 ; Ps 69:6 ; Ps 139:15 .
2. be effected, destroyed Zech 11:9; Job 4:7; Job 15:28 (עָרִים נִכְחְדוֺת ), Job 22:20, followed by מִןֿ הָאָרֶץ Exod 9:15 ( J ); Participle intransitive of incomplete process = going to ruin Zech 11:9; Zech 11:16.
Pi`el Perfect כִּחֵד 1Sam 3:18 1 singular כִּחַדְתִּי Job 6:10; Ps 40:11 3 plural כִּחֲדוּ Job 15:18 כִּחֵ֑דוּ Isa 3:9 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תְּכַחֵד Josh 7:19 + 4 t.; 2 feminine singular תְּכַחֲדִי 2Sam 14:18 1 singular אֲכַחֵד Job 27:11 2 masculine plural תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ Jer 50:2 1 plural נְכַחֵד Gen 47:18; Ps 78:4 — hide, followed by מִן person Gen 47:18 ( J ), Josh 7:19 ( J E ), 1Sam 3:17 (twice in verse); 1Sam 3:18; 2Sam 14:18; Jer 38:14; Jer 38:25; Ps 78:4 followed by לְ person Ps 40:11 conceal toward, with reference to, i.e. from; without preposition Isa 3:9 ; Jer 50:2 ; Job 15:18; Job 27:11 = disown Job 6:10.
Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular consecutive suffix וְהִכְחַדְתִּיו Exod 23:23 Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיַּכְחֵד 2Chr 32:21 , suffix יַכְחִידֶנָּה Job 20:12 1 singular וָאַכְחִד Zech 11:8 1 plural suffix וְנַכְחִידֵם Ps 83:5 Infinitive construct לְהַכְחִיד 1Kgs 13:34
1. hide, in figure יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשֹׁנוֺ Job 20:12 (object wickedness).
2. efface, annihilate Exod 23:23 ( E ), 1Kgs 13:34 (|| הַשְׁמִיד), Zech 11:8; 2Chr 32:21 followed by מִגּוֺי Ps 83:5, i.e. from being (so that they be not) a nation.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כחד (kah-ghad’)

2 Samuel 18:13

KJV: Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
EHCC: there is no matter Aid from the king,

Job 15:28

KJV: And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
EHCC: he dwelleth in desolate cities,

1 Samuel 3:18

KJV: And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.every…: Heb. all the things, or, words
EHCC: and hid nothing from him.

Job 6:10

KJV: Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
EHCC: I have not concealed the words

Job 15:18

KJV: Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
EHCC: from their fathers, and have not hid (it):

Psalms 40:10

KJV: I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
EHCC: (11). have not concealed thy lovingkindness

Genesis 47:18

KJV: When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
EHCC: We will not hide (it) from my lord,

Joshua 7:19

KJV: And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
EHCC: hide (it) not from Pas 7

1 Samuel 3:17

KJV: And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.more also: Heb. so addthing: or, word
EHCC: Tpray thee hide (it) not from me:

Job 27:11

KJV: I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.by…: or, being in the hand, etc
EHCC: with the Almighty. wi Trot conceal.

Psalms 78:4

KJV: We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
EHCC: We will not Aide (them) from .

Jeremiah 38:14

KJV: Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.third: or, principal
EHCC: hide nothing from me.

Jeremiah 50:2

KJV: Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.set up: Heb. lift up
EHCC: publish, (and) conceal not:

Exodus 23:23

KJV: For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
EHCC: and I will eut them off.

1 Kings 13:34

KJV: And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
EHCC: even to cut (it) off, and to destroy

Job 90:19

EHCC: מקטסתו ( he Aide it under his tongue ;

Psalms 83:4

KJV: They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
EHCC: (5). Come, and let us cut them off

Zechariah 11:8

KJV: Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.lothed…: Heb. was straightened for them
EHCC: Three shepherds also I ext off
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