Strong's Lexicon

H3585

H3585 — כַּחַשׁ

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

Hebrewkachashnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 975a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3585
Word:כַּחַשׁ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3584
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:kachash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kakh'-ash
Meaning:1. (literally) a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation 2. (figuratively) hypocrisy
KJV Renderings:leanness, lies, lying.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3993

כַּ֫חַשׁ noun masculine Job 16:8

1. lying.
2. leanness;
— absolute ׳ כ Hos 12:1 + 2 t.; כָּ֑חַשׁ Hos 10:13 suffix כַּחֲשִׁי Job 16:8 plural suffix כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם Hos 7:3
1. lying, אֲכַלְתֶּם ׳ פְּרִי כ Hos 10:13 ye have eaten the fruit of lying; Hos 7:3 (|| רָעָה), Hos 12:1 of Nineveh, פֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה ׳ כ Nah 3:1 of lying (and) robbery it is full; Ps 59:13 (|| אָלָה).
2. of Job's affliction Job 16:8 my leanness hath risen up against me (compare Ps 109:24 ᵑ7 J Gen 41:27; Eccl 12:5 Talmud כחשׁא; > my lying, i.e. my affliction regarded as a lying witness, Di Buhl and others)


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כחש (kah’-ghash)

Job 16:8

KJV: And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
EHCC: my leanness rising up in me

Psalms 59:12

KJV: For 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.
EHCC: (18).and for cursing and lying (which)

Hosea 7:3

KJV: They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
EHCC: and the princes with their lies.

Nahum 3:1

KJV: Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;bloody…: Heb. city of bloods
EHCC: to the bloody city ! it (is) all full of Nes
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