כָּחַשׁkâchash
be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean
Pronunciation: kaw-khash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3584
Meanings
Qal: hath grown lean (Psalms 109:24)
Niph`al: (come cringing, i.e. originally act deceptively, feigning obedience) (Deuteronomy 33:29)
Pi`el: construct (1 Kings 13:18; Habakkuk 3:17; Leviticus 5:22)
1. deceive (Genesis 18:15; Joshua 7:11; Hosea 4:2)
2. act deceptively against (i.e. seem to acknowledge, but not really do so) (Joshua 24:27; Jeremiah 5:12; Isaiah 59:13)
3. cringe, = come cringing (make shew of obedience, see Niph`al) (Psalms 18:45; 2 Samuel 22:45; Psalms 66:3)
4. disappoint, fail (Habakkuk 3:17; Hosea 9:2)
Hithpa`el: shall come cringing (2 Samuel 22:45; Psalms 18:45)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:15 Sarah was afraid, so she denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh.” But the Lord said, “No, you did laugh.”
- Leviticus 6:2 “Suppose one of you sins against your associate and is unfaithful to the Lord. Suppose you cheat in a deal involving a security deposit, or you steal or commit fraud,
- Leviticus 6:3 or you find lost property and lie about it, or you lie while swearing to tell the truth, or you commit any other such sin.
- Leviticus 19:11 “Do not steal. “Do not deceive or cheat one another.
- Deuteronomy 33:29 How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”
- Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them but have lied about it and hidden the things among their own belongings.
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).