Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3585: כַּחַשׁ

kachash · pronounced kakh'-ash · “lie”

Definition

literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy

KJV translates it as: leanness, lies, lying.

Word origin: from H3584 (כָּחַשׁ);

Extended definition

1) lying, deception
2) leanness, failure

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3585 is translated

  • lying ×4
  • my ×1
  • their ×1

Bible verses with H3585 (kachash)

Kachash appears in 6 verses.

  • Job 16:8

    And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

  • Psalms 59:12

    For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Hosea 7:3

    They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • Hosea 10:13

    Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

  • Hosea 11:12

    Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

  • Nahum 3:1

    Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;