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Lexicon :: Strong's H3584 - kāḥaš

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כָּחַשׁ
Transliteration
kāḥaš
Pronunciation
kaw-khash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 975

Strong’s Definitions

כָּחַשׁ kâchash, kaw-khash'; a primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe):—deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3584 in the following manner: lie (5x), submit (3x), deny (3x), fail (3x), denied (2x), belied (1x), deceive (1x), dissembled (1x), deal falsely (1x), liars (1x), submitted (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H3584 in the following manner: lie (5x), submit (3x), deny (3x), fail (3x), denied (2x), belied (1x), deceive (1x), dissembled (1x), deal falsely (1x), liars (1x), submitted (1x).

  1. to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely

    1. (Qal) to become lean

    2. (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience

    3. (Piel)

      1. to deceive, deny falsely

      2. to act deceptively

      3. to cringe

      4. to disappoint, fail

    4. (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּחַשׁ kâchash, kaw-khash'; a primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe):—deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
STRONGS H3584: Abbreviations
† כָּחַשׁ verb be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean (Late Hebrew כָּחַשׁ grow lean; Hiph. convict of falsehood, refute; Aramaic כְּחַשׁ grow lean; כַּחְשָׁא leanness, כְּחִישׁוּתָא leanness, weakness; Aph`el as Late Hebrew Hiph.) —
Qal. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Psalm 109:24 my flesh hath grown lean (away) from fatness (|| בִּרְכַּי כָּֽשְׁלוּ מִצּוֺם).
Niph. Imperfect וְיִכָּֽחֲשׂוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ Deuteronomy 33:29 thine enemies shall cringe (come cringing, i.e. originally act deceptively, feigning obedience) to thee (compare also Pi. 3, Hithp.)
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כִּחֵשׁ 1 Kings 13:18; Habakkuk 3:17; וְכִּ֫חֶשׁ consecutive (before monosyll.) Leviticus 5:22 [Leviticus 6:3]; Job 8:18, etc.; Imperfect (בָּהּ) יְכַ֫חֶשּׁ Hosea 9:2; 3rd person feminine singular וַתְּכַחֵשׂ Genesis 18:15, etc.; Infinitive absolute כַּחֵשׁ Hosea 4:2; Isaiah 59:13; construct Zechariah 13:4; —
1. device, absolute Genesis 18:15 (J), Joshua 7:11 (JE), Hosea 4:2 (אלה וכחשׁ together = false swearing according to WeKl. Pr.; + וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹ֑ף), compare לֹא תִגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹאֿ תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֺ Leviticus 19:11 (H); לְמַעַן כ׳ Zechariah 13:4 in order to deceive; followed by לְ person 1 Kings 13:18; Job 31:28; followed by בְ person and of thing Leviticus 5:21, בְ of thing Leviticus 6:22.
2. act deceptively against (i.e. seem to acknowledge, but not really do so), followed by בְ person Joshua 24:27 (E), Jeremiah 5:12; Isaiah 59:13; Job 8:18, apparently also בָּהּ וְתִירוֺשׁ יכ׳ Hosea 9:2 and new wine shall deny her (Israel; i.e. refuse to acknowledge her as its mistress, not yield itself to her); absolute Proverbs 30:9.
3. cringe = come cringing (make shew of obedience, see Niph.) followed by בְ person Psalm 18:45 (Hithp. in || 2 Samuel 22:45); followed by לְ person Psalm 66:3; Psalm 81:16.
4. disappoint, fail, absolute כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה זַיִת Habakkuk 3:17 the product of the olive hath failed (in sense compare Hosea 9:2 above).
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְכַּחֲשׁוּ לִי 2 Samuel 22:45 shall come cringing to me (|| Psalm 18:45. see above).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:15; 18:15

Leviticus

6:3; 6:22; 19:11

Deuteronomy

33:29

Joshua

7:11; 24:27

2 Samuel

22:45; 22:45

1 Kings

13:18; 13:18

Job

8:18; 8:18; 31:28

Psalms

18:45; 18:45; 66:3; 81:16; 109:24

Proverbs

30:9

Isaiah

59:13; 59:13

Jeremiah

5:12

Hosea

4:2; 4:2; 9:2; 9:2; 9:2

Habakkuk

3:17; 3:17

Zechariah

13:4; 13:4

H3584

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3584 matches the Hebrew כָּחַשׁ (kāḥaš),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - But Sarah denied it,[fn] saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - “If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:3 - or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely—in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the LORD,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:27 - And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:18 - And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:18 - If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 - this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:3 - Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:15 - Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the LORD?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - transgressing, and denying the LORD,
and turning back from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have spoken falsely of the LORD
and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
no disaster will come upon us,
nor shall we see sword or famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:2 - Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
and the new wine shall fail them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:4 - “On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,
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