חֶרֶשׁ
cheresh · kheh'-resh
magical craft; also silence
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);
magical craft; also silence
- magical craft
- also, silence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cunning, secretly.
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 חֶרֶשׁ 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- secretly1 · 25%
- for they were craftsmen1 · 25%
- of craftsmen1 · 25%
- artificer1 · 25%
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.