H2790: חָרַשׁ
chârash · pronounced khaw-rash' · “to plow/plot”
Definition
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV translates it as: [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in, engrave
1a2) to plough
1a3) to devise
1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed
1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2790 is translated
- he will keep silent ×4
- i will keep silent ×4
- you be silent ×4
- keep quiet ×3
- they kept silent ×3
- devisers of ×3
- he kept silent ×2
- ! ×2
- they were silent ×2
- be silent ×2
- i kept silent ×2
- it will be plowed ×2
Bible verses with H2790 (chârash)
Chârash appears in 67 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.
- Genesis 24:21
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
- Genesis 34:5
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
- Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Numbers 30:4
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:7
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:11
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:14
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
- Deuteronomy 22:10
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
- Judges 14:18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
- Judges 16:2
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
- Judges 18:19
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
- 1 Samuel 7:8
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
- 1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
- 1 Samuel 23:9
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
- 2 Samuel 13:20
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
- 2 Samuel 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
- 1 Kings 7:14
He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
- 1 Kings 19:19
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
- 2 Kings 18:36
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- Nehemiah 5:8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
- Esther 4:14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
- Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
- Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
All 67 references
- Job 4:8
- Job 6:24
- Job 11:3
- Job 13:5
- Job 13:13
- Job 13:19
- Job 33:31
- Job 33:33
- Job 41:12
- Psalms 28:1
- Psalms 32:3
- Psalms 35:22
- Psalms 39:12
- Psalms 50:3
- Psalms 50:21
- Psalms 83:1
- Psalms 109:1
- Psalms 129:3
- Proverbs 3:29
- Proverbs 6:14
- Proverbs 6:18
- Proverbs 11:12
- Proverbs 12:20
- Proverbs 14:22
- Proverbs 17:28
- Proverbs 20:4
- Isaiah 28:24
- Isaiah 36:21
- Isaiah 41:1
- Isaiah 42:14
- Jeremiah 4:19
- Jeremiah 17:1
- Jeremiah 26:18
- Jeremiah 38:27
- Hosea 10:11
- Hosea 10:13
- Amos 6:12
- Amos 9:13
- Micah 3:12
- Micah 7:16
- Habakkuk 1:13
- Zephaniah 3:17
Words derived from H2790
חָרִישׁ H2758
chârîysh — plowing
חֲרִישִׁי H2759
chărîyshîy — scorching
חֶרֶשׁ H2791
cheresh — silently
חֹרֶשׁ H2793
chôresh — Horesh
חֹרֵשׁ H2794
chôrêsh — artificer
חֵרֵשׁ H2795
chêrêsh — deaf
חָרָשׁ H2796
chârâsh — artificer
חֲרֹשֶׁת H2799
chărôsheth — carving
מַחֲרֵשָׁה H4281
machărêshâh — plowshare
מַחֲרֶשֶׁת H4282
machăresheth — share