חָרַשׁ
chârash · khaw-rash'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] 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.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרַשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
74 occurrences · 74 OT · 0 NT · 67 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hold not thy peace3 · 10%
- unto me: hold thy peace2 · 7%
- hold your peace2 · 7%
- it, and held his peace2 · 7%
- thou shalt not plow1 · 3%
- for you, and ye shall hold your peace1 · 3%
- held his peace1 · 3%
- been with thee? but hold now thy peace1 · 3%
- hold his peace1 · 3%
- them, because he held his peace1 · 3%
- held their peace1 · 3%
- ye had not plowed1 · 3%
- and were quiet1 · 3%
- unto him, hold thy peace1 · 3%
- but he held his peace1 · 3%
- and will set them to ear1 · 3%
- cease1 · 3%
- secretly practised1 · 3%
- altogether1 · 3%
- now therefore why speak1 · 3%
- a worker1 · 3%
- who was plowing1 · 3%
- shall hold his peace1 · 3%
- unto us? then held they their peace1 · 3%
- at her held his peace1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.