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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2814 - חָשָׁה

Transliteration

châshâh

Phonetics

khaw-shaw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

768

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to be silent, quiet, still, inactive

1a) (Qal) to be silent, be still

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to be silent, exhibit silence

1b2) to show inactivity, be inactive

1b3) to make silent, make quiet, cause to be still

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4704 ‑ σπουδάζω (spoo‑dad'‑zo); 2270 ‑ ἡσυχάζω (hay‑soo‑khad'‑zo); 4601 ‑ σιγάω (see‑gah'‑o); 4623 ‑ σιωπάω (see‑o‑pah'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (16)

Judges

1 Kings

2 Kings

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

NAS (26)

Judges

1 Kings

2 Kings

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

HCS (15)

1 Kings

2 Kings

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

BSB (15)

Judges

1 Kings

2 Kings

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

ESV (16)

Judges

1 Kings

2 Kings

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

WEB (16)

Judges

1 Kings

2 Kings

Nehemiah

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1182) s h (ההסה HhSh) AC: Bind CO: ? AB: ?: Something that is bound. (eng: hush)

H) e s h (ההסהה HhShH) AC: ? CO: Silence AB: ?: A mouth that is bound.

V) e s h (ההסהה HhShH) - Silence: KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) hold, still, silence, silent - Strongs: H2814 (חָשָׁה)

J) s f h (ההוסה HhWSh) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

m^m ) n s f h (ההוסהנ HhWShN) - Breastplate: As bound to the chest. KJV (25): breastplate - Strongs: H2833 (חשֶׁן)

Adopted Roots:

A2218 N s h ()
A2219 Q s h (Attach, Desire)
A2220 R s h (Gather)
A2308 S h l (Whisper, Whisper)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָשָׁה fut. יֶחֱשֶׁה

(1) to keep silence, to be still, (an onomatop. root; comp. under הָסָה). Ecclesiastes 3:7; Psalms 107:29.

(2) to be still, quiet, to rest, often used of God refusing the looked for aid, Isaiah 62:1, Isaiah 62:6, 64:11 65:6. Followed by מִן to turn oneself silently away from any one, Psalms 28:1. Compare חָרַשׁ No. 4.

Hiphil הֶחֱשָׁה

(1) trans, to make still, to quiet, Nehemiah 8:11.

(2) intrans. to be silent, like Kal, (properly, to act silently, compare הֶחֱרֵישׁ, הִשְׁקִיט), Judges 18:9; 2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:5, 7:9 Psalms 39:3.

(3) to be quiet, i.q. Kal No. 2, Isaiah 57:11; 1 Kings 22:3. As to the form וַתַּחַשׁ [from חוּשׁ] Job 31:5, see Analyt. Ind.

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List of Word Forms

אֶחֱשֶׁ֔ה אֶחֱשֶׂה֙ אחשה הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי הֶחֱשֽׁוּ׃ החשו׃ החשיתי וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ ויחשו יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ יחשו לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת לחשות מַחְשִׁ֔ים מַחְשִׁ֗ים מַחְשִׁ֤ים מַחְשֶׁה֙ מחשה מחשים תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה תחשה ’e·ḥĕ·śeh ’e·ḥĕ·šeh ’eḥĕśeh ’eḥĕšeh echeSeh echeSheh he·ḥĕ·šê·ṯî he·ḥĕ·šū hecheSheiti hecheShu heḥĕšêṯî heḥĕšū la·ḥă·šō·wṯ lachaShot laḥăšōwṯ machSheh machShim maḥ·šeh maḥ·šîm maḥšeh maḥšîm te·ḥĕ·šeh techeSheh teḥĕšeh vaiyecheShu way·ye·ḥĕ·šū wayyeḥĕšū ye·ḥĕ·šū yecheShu yeḥĕšū

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