Bible Lexicons

כָּחַשׁ (kindred to כָּחַד)

(1) prob. to lie (see Piel).

(2) to fail, used of the body (compare כִּזַּב Isaiah 58:11). Psalms 109:24, בְּשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשֶּׁמֶן “my flesh faileth of fatness,” i.e. is void of fat, is become lean. Compare כַּחַשׁ.

Piel כִּחֵשׁ

(1) to deny, Genesis 18:15; Joshua 7:11 followed by בְּ of pers. and thing, to disavow any thing, Lev. 5:21, 22 Job 8:18, כִּחֵשׁ בַּיהֹוָה to deny the Lord; Isaiah 59:13; Jeremiah 5:12 ellipt. Proverbs 30:9, פֶּן־אֶשְׂבַּע וְכִחַשְׁתִּי “lest I be full and deny (God).”

(2) to lie, Levit. 19:11 Hosea 4:2 followed by לְ 1 Kings 13:18, כִּחֵשׁ לוֹ “he lied to him.”

(3) to deceive (one’s expectation); hence, i.q. to fail, used of the productions of the earth, Hosea 9:2; Habakkuk 3:17 compare Lat. spem mentita seges, fundus mendax.

(4) to feign, to flatter, most commonly used of the vanquished pretending subjection and love towards a victor, Psalms 18:45, 66:3 81:16 כִּחֵשׁ לַיהֹוָה Job 31:28.

Niphal, Deuteronomy 33:29, and Hithpael, 2 Samuel 22:45, i.q. Piel No. 4. Hence

וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ וְכִ֥חֶשׁ וְכִחֵ֨שׁ וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮ וְכַחֵ֔שׁ וְכַחֵשׁ֙ וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ ויכחשו וכחש וכחשתי ותכחש יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ יְכַ֥חֶשׁ יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ יְכַחֲשׁוּ־ יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־ יכחש יכחשו יכחשו־ יתכחשו־ כִּֽחֲשׁ֔וּ כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ כִּחֵ֖שׁ כִּחֵשׁ֙ כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי כַּחֵֽשׁ׃ כָּחַ֥שׁ כחש כחש׃ כחשו כחשתי תְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּן תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ תכחשו תכחשון chiChashti kā·ḥaš ka·ḥêš kaChash kaChesh kāḥaš kaḥêš ki·ḥă·šū ḵi·ḥaš·tî ki·ḥêš kichaShu kiChesh ḵiḥaštî kiḥăšū kiḥêš ṯə·ḵa·ḥă·šū tə·ḵa·ḥă·šūn techachaShu techachaShun ṯəḵaḥăšū təḵaḥăšūn vattechaChesh vechaChesh vechichashTi vechiChesh veyikkachaShu wat·tə·ḵa·ḥêš wattəḵaḥêš wə·ḵa·ḥêš wə·ḵi·ḥaš·tî wə·ḵi·ḥeš wə·ḵi·ḥêš wə·yik·kā·ḥă·šū wəḵaḥêš wəḵiḥaštî wəḵiḥeš wəḵiḥêš wəyikkāḥăšū yə·ḵa·ḥă·šū yə·ḵa·ḥă·šū- yə·ḵa·ḥeš yechachashu yeChachesh yəḵaḥăšū yəḵaḥăšū- yəḵaḥeš yiṯ·ka·ḥă·šū- yitkachashu yiṯkaḥăšū-