חָרָשׁ
chârâsh · khaw-rawsh'
a fabricator or any material
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);
a fabricator or any material
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: artificer, ([phrase]) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, [phrase] mason, skilful, ([phrase]) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
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 חָרָשׁ 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and carpenters3 · 10%
- the smith2 · 7%
- of the workman2 · 7%
- of an engraver1 · 3%
- of the engraver1 · 3%
- an engraver1 · 3%
- of the craftsman1 · 3%
- now there was no smith1 · 3%
- to the carpenters1 · 3%
- unto carpenters1 · 3%
- and all the craftsmen1 · 3%
- and craftsmen1 · 3%
- and workers1 · 3%
- of artificers1 · 3%
- and also such as wrought1 · 3%
- even to the artificers1 · 3%
- and to the carpenters1 · 3%
- the workman1 · 3%
- workman1 · 3%
- so the carpenter1 · 3%
- and the workmen1 · 3%
- the carpenter1 · 3%
- that are makers1 · 3%
- with the carpenters1 · 3%
- and the carpenters1 · 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.