כָּחַשׁ
ka.chash
“to deceive”
Definition
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
a primitive root;
- to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely 1a) (Qal) to become lean 1b) (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to deceive, deny falsely 1c2) to act deceptively 1c3) to cringe 1c4) to disappoint, fail 1d) (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
כָּחַשׁ appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’”The old prophet was lying to him,
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.”“No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them,and the new wine will fail them.
this would also be an iniquity to be judged,for I would have denied God on high.
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
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