כָּחַדkâchad

not in Qal; Pi`el Hiph`il hide, efface; Niph`al (usually) passive

Pronunciation: kaw-khad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3582

Meanings

Niph`al

1. be hidden (2 Samuel 18:13; Hosea 5:3; Psalms 69:6)

2. be effected, destroyed, Participle intransitive of incomplete process = going to ruin (Zechariah 11:9; Job 4:7; Job 15:28)

Pi`el: hide, = disown (1 Samuel 3:18; Job 6:10; Psalms 40:11)

Hiph`il

1. hide (Job 20:12)

2. efface, annihilate (Exodus 23:23; 1 Kings 13:34; Zechariah 11:8)

Where it appears

Appears 32 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 47:18 But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.
  • Exodus 9:15 By now I could have lifted my hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the face of the earth.
  • Exodus 23:23 For my angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, so you may live there. And I will destroy them completely.
  • Joshua 7:19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
  • 1 Samuel 3:17 “What did the Lord say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!”
  • 1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the Lord’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.”
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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).