כַּחַשׁkachash
literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy
Pronunciation: kakh'-ash · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3585
Meanings
1. lying
2. leanness
1. lying (Hosea 10:13; Hosea 7:3; Hosea 12:1)
2. leanness, of Job's affliction (Job 16:8; Psalms 109:24; Genesis 41:27)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Job 16:8 As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones. My gaunt flesh testifies against me.
- Psalms 59:12 Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies.
- Hosea 7:3 “The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.
- Hosea 10:13 “But you have cultivated wickedness and harvested a thriving crop of sins. You have eaten the fruit of lies— trusting in your military might, believing that great armies could make your nation safe.
- Hosea 11:12 Charges against Israel and Judah Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit, but Judah still obeys God and is faithful to the Holy One.
- Nahum 3:1 What sorrow awaits Nineveh, the city of murder and lies! She is crammed with wealth and is never without victims.
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).