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Lexicon :: Strong's H2791 - ḥereš

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חֶרֶשׁ
Transliteration
ḥereš
Pronunciation
kheh'-resh
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Part of Speech
adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 761b,763a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶשׁ cheresh, kheh'-resh; from H2790; magical craft; also silence:—cunning, secretly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2791 in the following manner: craftsmen (2x), artificer (1x), secretly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2791 in the following manner: craftsmen (2x), artificer (1x), secretly (1x).
adverb

  1. silently, secretly

    masculine noun

  2. magic art, magician

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶשׁ cheresh, kheh'-resh; from H2790; magical craft; also silence:—cunning, secretly.
STRONGS H2791: Abbreviations
† I. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] as adverb silently, secretly — מְרַגְּלִים ח׳ Joshua 2:1 (JE) exploring secretly.

† II. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] magic art, or perhaps magic drug (Aramaic Werfo practise magic, חָרָשׁ, axWxrfo magician, axWreo incantation, magic art, preparation of magic potion, so Ethiopic ሐራሊ፡ one using incantations; ሐረስ፡ ሐርስ፡ ሐራስ፡ incantation, magic; compare perhaps Arabic خُرْسً, خُرْسَةً a medicinal broth given to women in childbed; חֶרֶשׁ perhaps magical drug, see RSJPh xiv. 1885, 125) — only חֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים Isaiah 3:3 skilled in magic arts, or drugs (|| נְבוֺן לָ֑חַשׁ), (> others generally＝handicraft).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

2:1

Isaiah

3:3

H2791

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2791 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶשׁ (ḥereš),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly H2791 from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and rested there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:35 - Lod, and Ono, the Valley of Craftsmen.

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The captain of fifty and the esteemed person,

The counselor and the expert artisan,

And the skillful enchanter.

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