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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #3584 - כָּחַשׁ
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2257) shk (כההסה KHhSh) AC: Deny CO: ? AB: ?: A withholding or denial of something such as food resulting in leanness and truth through a lie.
V) shk (כההסה KHhSh) - Deny: To withhold something from another or self as in a lie or submission. KJV (22): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel) lie, submit, deny, fail, dissemble, liar, deceive - Strongs: H3584 (כָּחַשׁ)
Nm) shk (כההסה KHhSh) - I. Lie:A denial of the truth. II. Leanness:A denial of food. KJV (7): lying, lies, leanness - Strongs: H3585 (כַּחַשׁ), H3586 (כֶּחָשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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
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