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חָרַשׁ

chârash · khaw-rash'Hebrew · H2790

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version

[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.

Translated as

peace (24), plow (6), plowed (5), silence (5), tongue (4), altogether (3), devise (3), plowing (2), deviseth (2), plowman (2), quiet (1), cease (1), ear (1), practised (1), speak (1), worker (1), make (1), conceal (1), silent (1), plowers (1)

Where it appears

Found in 63 verses

Genesis
24:21, 34:5
Numbers
30:4, 30:7, 30:11, 30:14
Deuteronomy
22:10
Judges
14:18, 16:2, 18:19
1 Samuel
7:8, 8:12, 10:27, 23:9
2 Samuel
13:20, 19:10
1 Kings
7:14, 19:19
2 Kings
18:36
Nehemiah
5:8
Esther
4:14, 7:4
Jeremiah
4:19, 17:1, 26:18, 38:27
Hosea
10:11, 10:13
Amos
6:12, 9:13
Micah
3:12
Habakkuk
1:13
Zephaniah
3:17

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