H3908: לַחַשׁ
lachash · pronounced lakh'-ash · “charm”
Definition
properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
KJV translates it as: charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.
Word origin: from H3907 (לָחַשׁ);
Extended definition
1a) serpent-charming
1b) charms, amulets (worn by women)
1c) whisper (of prayer)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3908 is translated
- charming ×2
- amulets ×1
- a whisper ×1
- is a charm ×1
Bible verses with H3908 (lachash)
Lachash appears in 5 verses.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
- Isaiah 3:20
The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
- Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
- Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.