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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 - Then God H430 said H559 to him in the dream, H2472 “Yes, H1571 I know H3045 that in the integrity H8537 of your heart H3824 you have done H6213 this, H2088 and I also H1571 [fn]kept H2820 you from sinning H2398 against Me; therefore H5921 H3651 I did not let H5414 you touch H5060 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - He said, H559 “Do not stretch H7971 out your hand H3027 against H413 the lad, H5288 and do H6213 nothing H408 H3972 to him; for now H6258 I know H3045 that you [fn]fear H3372 God, H430 since you have not withheld H2820 your son, H1121 your only H3173 son, from Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, H559 “By Myself I have sworn, H7650 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 because H3588 H3282 you have done H6213 this H2088 thing H1697 and have not withheld H2820 your son, H1121 your only H3173 son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - “[fn]There H369 is no H369 one greater H1419 in this H2088 house H1004 than H4480 I, and he has withheld H2820 nothing H3808 H3972 from me except H3588 H518 you, because H834 you are his wife. H802 How H349 then could I do H6213 this H2088 great H1419 evil H7451 and sin H2398 against God?” H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead, H4191 he said, H559 “Blessed H1288 be the LORD, H3068 who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of my reproach H2781 from the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037 and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil. H7451 The LORD H3068 has also returned H7725 the evildoing H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head.” H7218 Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail, H26 to take H3947 her as his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab H3097 blew H8628 the trumpet, H7782 and the people H5971 returned H7725 from pursuing H7291 Israel, H3478 for Joab H3097 restrained H2820 the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - But Gehazi, H1522 the servant H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God, H430 [fn]thought, H559 “Behold, H2009 my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean, H761 [fn]by not receiving H3947 from his hands H3027 what H834 he brought. H935 As the LORD H3068 lives, H2416 I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “After H310 all H3605 that has come H935 upon us for our evil H7451 deeds H4639 and our great H1419 guilt, H819 since H3588 You our God H430 have requited H2820 us less H4295 than H4480 our iniquities H5771 deserve, and have given H5414 us an escaped H6413 remnant H6413 as this, H2088

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - “Therefore H1571 I will not restrain H2820 my mouth; H6310
I will speak H1696 in the anguish H6862 of my spirit, H7307
I will complain H7878 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - “I could strengthen H553 you with my mouth, H6310
And the solace H5205 of my lips H8193 could lessen H2820 your pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - “If H518 I speak, H1696 my pain H3511 is not lessened, H2820
And if I hold H2308 back, H2308 what H4100 has left H1980 me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:30 - “For the wicked H7451 is reserved H2820 for the day H3117 of calamity; H343
They will be led H2986 forth H2986 at the day H3117 of fury. H5678

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - “They abhor H8581 me and stand H7368 aloof H7368 from me,
And they do not [fn]refrain H2820 from spitting H7536 at my face. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 - He keeps H2820 back H2820 his soul H5315 from the pit, H7845
And his life H2416 from [fn]passing H5674 over H5674 into Sheol. H7973

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - Which H834 I have reserved H2820 for the time H6256 of distress, H6862
For the day H3117 of war H7128 and battle? H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Also H1571 keep H2820 back H2820 Your servant H5650 from presumptuous H2086 sins;
Let them not rule H4910 over me;
Then H227 I will be [fn]blameless, H8552
And I shall be acquitted H5352 of great H7227 transgression. H6588

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He leveled H6424 a path H5410 for His anger; H639
He did not spare H2820 their soul H5315 from death, H4194
But gave H5462 over H5462 their life H2416 to the plague, H1698

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - When there are many H7230 words, H1697 transgression H6588 is unavoidable, H2308 H3808
But he who restrains H2820 his lips H8193 is wise. H7919

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 - There H3426 is one who scatters, H6340 and yet increases H3254 all H5750 the more, H5750
And there is one who withholds H2820 what H3476 is justly H3476 due, H3476 and yet it results only H389 in want. H4270

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - He who withholds H2820 his [fn]rod H7626 hates H8130 his son, H1121
But he who loves H157 him [fn]disciplines H4148 him diligently. H7836

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 - He who restrains H2820 his words H561 [fn]has H3045 knowledge, H1847
And he who H7119 has a cool H7119 spirit H7307 is a man H376 of understanding. H8394

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:26 - All H3605 day H3117 long he [fn]is craving, H183
While the righteous H6662 gives H5414 and does not hold H2820 back. H2820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 - Deliver H5337 those who are being taken H3947 away to death, H4194
And those who are staggering H4131 to slaughter, H2027 Oh H518 hold H2820 them back. H2820

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - Which used to strike H5221 the peoples H5971 in fury H5678 with unceasing H1115 H5627 strokes, H4347
Which [fn]subdued H7287 the nations H1471 in anger H639 with unrestrained H2820 H1097 persecution. H4783

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge H7337 the place H4725 of your tent; H168
[fn]Stretch H5186 out the curtains H3407 of your dwellings, H4908 spare H2820 not;
Lengthen H748 your cords H4340
And strengthen H2388 your pegs. H3489

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 - “Cry H7121 loudly, H1627 do not hold H2820 back; H2820
Raise H7311 your voice H6963 like a trumpet, H7782
And declare H5046 to My people H5971 their transgression H6588
And to the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 their sins. H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 to this H2088 people, H5971 “Even so H3651 they have loved H157 to wander; H5128 they have not kept H2820 their feet H7272 in check. H2820 Therefore the LORD H3068 does not accept H7521 them; now H6258 He will remember H2142 their iniquity H5771 and call H6485 their sins H2403 to account.” H6485
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