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Lexicon :: Strong's H2820 - ḥāśaḵ

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חָשַׂךְ
Transliteration
ḥāśaḵ
Pronunciation
khaw-sak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 765

Strong’s Definitions

חָשַׂךְ châsak, khaw-sak'; a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 to restrain or (reflexively) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe:—assuage, × darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H2820 in the following manner: spare (8x), keep back (3x), withhold (3x), refrain (3x), asswage (2x), reserved (2x), hold back (1x), variant (1x), forbear (1x), hindereth (1x), kept (1x), punished (1x), withholdeth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H2820 in the following manner: spare (8x), keep back (3x), withhold (3x), refrain (3x), asswage (2x), reserved (2x), hold back (1x), variant (1x), forbear (1x), hindereth (1x), kept (1x), punished (1x), withholdeth (1x).

  1. to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain

    1. (Qal)

      1. to withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, keep from, hold in check, refrain, spare, reserve

      2. to restrain, check

    2. (Niphal) to assuage, be spared

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָשַׂךְ châsak, khaw-sak'; a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 to restrain or (reflexively) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe:—assuage, × darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
STRONGS H2820: Abbreviations
† חָשַׂךְ verb withhold, refrain (Late Hebrew חָסַךְ, Aramaic חֲסַךְ, Kfso; Palmyrene חסך remit, spare, VogNos. 6, 15; Sabean משחכן weaned (child) DHMZMG 1875, 608) —
Qal Perfect חָשַׂךְ Genesis 39:9 + 4 times (+ Ezekiel 30:18 Ba; see חשׁך; Isaiah 38:17 see below), חָשָׂ֑ךְ Isaiah 14:6, חָֽשְׂכוּ Job 30:10, חָשָׂ֑כוּ Jeremiah 14:10, etc.; Imperfect יַחְשׂךְ Job 16:5 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְשׂךְ Isaiah 58:1, תַּחְשׂוֺךְ Proverbs 24:11; 2nd person feminine singular תַּחְשׂ֑כִי Isaiah 54:2, etc.; Imperative חֲשׂךְ Psalm 19:14; Participle חֹשֵׂךְ Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 11:24; חוֺשֵׂךְ Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 17:27; followed by —
1. a. withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, accusative, Genesis 22:12 (E), Genesis 22:16; Genesis 39:9 (followed by מִמֶּגִּי; both J); absolute Proverbs 21:26 (opposed to נָתַן); withhold the rod (שׁבט) in discipline, Proverbs 13:24; no object expressed Proverbs 11:24; Proverbs 24:11.
b. keep one from evil, calamity, She'ôl, etc., with accusative and מִן Genesis 20:6 (E), 1 Samuel 25:39; Psalm 19:14; מִמָּוֶת נַפְשָׁם ח׳ Psalm 78:50 compare Job 33:18; Isaiah 38:7 (read חָשַׂכְתָּ or חֲשׂךְ for MT חָשַׁקְתָּ, see חשׁק); absolute hinder (i.e. calamities from coming) Isaiah 14:6; לְמַטָח מֵעֲוֺנֵנוּ ח׳ Ezra 9:13 thou hast kept back, downward (= and kept down), part of our iniquity, i.e. hast not punished us according to our full desert.
c. hold in check with accusative 2 Samuel 18:16 (or spare see below); object רַגְלֵיהֶם Jeremiah 14:10; especially of keeping silence, object מִּי Job 7:11 restrain my mouth, שׂפתים Proverbs 10:19, אמרים Proverbs 17:27; רֹק ח׳ לֹא מִפָּנַי Job 30:10 from my face they have not withheld spittle (= they have spit in my face).
d. refrain (from doing what is mentioned in the context), absolute Isaiah 54:2; Isaiah 58:1.
e. spare, with accusative of person 2 Kings 5:20 he hath spared Naaman מִקַּחַת so as not to take (= and hath not taken anything) out of his hand; perhaps also 2 Samuel 18:16 Joab spared the people (see above).
f. reserve for, with accusative + לְ Job 38:23.
2. (absolute) restrain, check (pain) i.e. assuage, so apparently MT Job 16:5 (see Di Kau; I would not restrain condolence of my lips, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Me, reading לא אחשׂך for יחשׂך). — Ezekiel 30:18 see חשׁך.
Niph. Imperfect לְיוֺם אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְרָֿע Job 21:30 at the day of calamity the wicked is spared (passive of Qal 1 e); יֵחָשֵׂךְ Job 16:6 be assuaged, of pain (pass of Qal 2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:6; 22:12; 22:16; 39:9; 39:9

1 Samuel

25:39

2 Samuel

18:16; 18:16

2 Kings

5:20

Ezra

9:13

Job

7:11; 16:5; 16:5; 16:6; 21:30; 30:10; 30:10; 33:18; 38:23

Psalms

19:14; 19:14; 78:50

Proverbs

10:19; 10:19; 11:24; 11:24; 13:24; 13:24; 17:27; 17:27; 21:26; 24:11; 24:11

Isaiah

14:6; 14:6; 38:7; 38:17; 54:2; 54:2; 58:1; 58:1

Jeremiah

14:10; 14:10

Ezekiel

30:18; 30:18

H2820

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Strong's Number H2820 matches the Hebrew חָשַׂךְ (ḥāśaḵ),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - And God said to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, and for my sake thou hast not spared thy beloved son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - saying, I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and on my account hast not spared thy beloved son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David heard it [fn]and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant [fn]from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - And Giezi the servant of Elisaie said, Behold, my Lord has spared this Syrian Naiman, so as not to take of his hand what he has brought: as the Lord lives, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, it is clear that there is none such as our God, for thou hast lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30 - For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 - He spares also his soul from death, and suffers him not to fall in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - (LXX 18:14) And spare thy servant the attack of strangers: if they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall be clear from great sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - (LXX 77:50) He made a way for his wrath; he spared not their souls from death, but consigned their cattle to death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 - There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 - He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 - Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared them not, he rested in quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix the pins, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 - Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up thy voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Thus saith the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity.
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