Strong's Lexicon

H3908

H3908 — לַחַשׁ

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

Hebrewlachashnoun mascOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1107a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3908
Word:	לַחַשׁ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3907
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	lachash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	lakh'-ash
Meaning:	1. (properly) a whisper 2. (by positive implication) a private prayer 3. (by negative implication) an incantation 4. (concretely) an amulet
KJV Renderings:	charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.

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BDB4402

לַ֫חַשׁ noun [masculine] a whispering, charming; — ׳ ל Isa 26:16 לָ֑חַשׁ Eccl 10:11; Isa 3:3; Jer 8:17 plural לְחָשִׁים Isa 3:20. —

1. serpent-charming Eccl 10:11 נְבוֺן לָ֑חַשׁ Isa 3:3 (probably more general).

2. charms, amulets, worn by women, Isa 3:20.

3. whisper of prayer, צָקוּן לַחַשׁ Isa 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read צְקוֺן לַחַשׁ 'Zauberzwang,' compulsion of (by) magic).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לחש (lah’-ghash)

Isaiah 3:3

KJV: The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.the honourable…: Heb. a man eminent in countenanceeloquent…: or, skilful of speech

EHCC: eloquent orator. (ose. skilful of spect)

Jeremiah 8:17

KJV: For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

EHCC: which Gill) not (be) charmed, & -

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