Definition
a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
Traditional renderings: × altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Traditional renderings: × altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָרַשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
72 total
- Proverbs 12:20חֹ֣רְשֵׁי · of those who deviseDeceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
- Proverbs 14:22חֹ֣רְשֵׁי · those who contrive; חֹ֣רְשֵׁי · But those who planDo not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Proverbs 17:28מַ֭חֲרִישׁ · if he keeps silentEven a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Proverbs 20:4יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ · plowThe slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- Isaiah 28:24יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ · Does the plowman; הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ · plowDoes the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
- Isaiah 36:21וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ · But [the people] remained silentBut the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
- Isaiah 41:1הַחֲרִ֤ישׁוּ · Be silent“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
- Isaiah 42:14אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ · I have remained quiet“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
- Jeremiah 4:19אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ · be silentMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
- Jeremiah 17:1חֲרוּשָׁה֙ · engraved“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
- Jeremiah 26:18תֵֽחָרֵשׁ֙ · will be plowed“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
- Jeremiah 38:27וַיַּחֲרִ֣שׁוּ · So they said no moreWhen all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
- Hosea 10:11יַחֲר֣וֹשׁ · will plowEphraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
- Hosea 10:13חֲרַשְׁתֶּם־ · You have plowedYou have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
- Amos 6:12יַחֲר֖וֹשׁ · Does one plow [the sea]“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
- Amos 9:13חוֹרֵשׁ֙ · when the plowman“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
- Micah 3:12תֵֽחָרֵ֑שׁ · will be plowedTherefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Micah 7:16תֶּחֱרַֽשְׁנָה׃ · will become deafNations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
- Habakkuk 1:13תַּחֲרִ֕ישׁ · Why are You silentYour eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
- Zephaniah 3:17יַחֲרִישׁ֙ · He will quiet [you]The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”