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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God said to him in the dream, “Indeed, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also [fn]held H2820 you back H2820 from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - And He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you [fn]fear God, since you have not withheld H2820 your son, your only one, from Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared H2820 your son, your only one,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - [fn]There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld H2820 nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 -

Then David heard that Nabal was dead, so he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant from evil. Yahweh has also returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent [fn]a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 -

Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained H2820 the people.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 -

Then Gehazi, the young man of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “Behold, my master has spared H2820 this Naaman the Aramean, [fn]by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited H2820 us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 -

“Indeed I will not hold H2820 back H2820 my mouth;

I will speak in the distress of my spirit;

I will muse on the bitterness of my soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 -

“I could encourage you with my mouth,

And the solace of my lips could lessen H2820 your pain.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 -

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened H2820,

And if I cease, what will go forth from me?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30 -

“That the wicked is reserved H2820 for the day of disaster;

They will be led forth at the day of fury.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 -

“They abhor me and keep a distance from me,

And they do not [fn]hold H2820 back H2820 from spitting at my face.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 -

He holds H2820 back H2820 his soul from the pit,

And his life from passing over [fn]to death by a weapon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 -

Which I have reserved H2820 for the time of distress,

For the day of war and battle?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 -

Also keep H2820 back H2820 Your slave from presumptuous sins;

Let them not rule over me;

Then I will be [fn]blameless,

And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 -

He leveled a path for His anger;

He did not hold H2820 back H2820 their soul from death,

But gave over their life to the plague,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 -

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,

But he who holds H2820 back H2820 his lips has insight.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 -

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,

And there is one who holds H2820 back H2820 what is rightly due, and yet results only in want.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 -

He who holds H2820 back H2820 his [fn]rod hates his son,

But he who loves him [fn]disciplines him diligently.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 -

He who holds H2820 back H2820 his words [fn]has knowledge,

And he who has a cool spirit is a man of discernment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 -

All day long he [fn]is insatiably craving,

While the righteous gives and does not hold H2820 back H2820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 -

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,

And those who are stumbling to the slaughter, Oh hold H2820 them back H2820.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 -

Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,

Which had dominion over the nations in anger with unrestrained H2820 persecution.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 -

“Enlarge the place of your tent;

[fn]Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold H2820 back H2820;

Lengthen your cords

And strengthen your pegs.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 -

“Call out from your throat, do not hold H2820 back H2820;

Raise your voice like a trumpet,

And declare to My people their transgression

And to the house of Jacob their sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 -

Thus says Yahweh to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept H2820 their feet in check H2820. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”

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