חֵרֵשׁchêrêsh

deaf (Exodus 4:11; Isaiah 29:18; Psalms 38:14; Leviticus 19:14; Isaiah 35:5)

Pronunciation: khay-rashe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2795

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 4:11 Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord?
  • Leviticus 19:14 “Do not insult the deaf or cause the blind to stumble. You must fear your God; I am the Lord.
  • Psalms 38:13 But I am deaf to all their threats. I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.
  • Psalms 58:4 They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,
  • Isaiah 29:18 In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness.
  • Isaiah 35:5 And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).