Bible Lexicons

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)

N^m) 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)

 כַּ֫חַשׁ noun masculine ^{Job 16:8}

1 lying.

2 leanness; — absolute ׳כ Hosea 12:1 2t.; כָּ֑חַשׁ Hosea 10:13; suffix כַּחֲשִׁי Job 16:8; plural suffix כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם Hosea 7:3; —

1 lying, אֲכַלְתֶּם׳מְּרִי כ Hosea 10:13 ye have eaten the fruit of lying; Hosea 7:3 ("" רָעָה), Hosea 12:1; of Nineveh, מֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה׳כ Nahum 3:1 of lying (and) robbery it is full; Psalm 59:13 ("" אָלָה).

2 of Job's affliction Job 16:8 my leanness hath risen up against me (compare Psalm 109:24; ᵑ7 J Genesis 41:27; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Talmud כחשׁא; > my lying, i.e. my affliction regarded as a lying witness, Di Buhl and others)

כַּחַשׁ

(1)  falsehood, fraud, deception, Nahum 3:1; Hosea 12:1.

(2) leanness, Job 16:8 see the verb in Kal; and

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