Strong's H2820

חָשַׂךְ

Language:
Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe

Derivation

a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ)

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, חָשַׂךְ is translated as: assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.