חָשָׁה
châshâh · khaw-shaw'
to hush or keep quiet
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hush or keep quiet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָשָׁה 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it; hold ye your peace2 · 13%
- and are ye still1 · 6%
- is ours, and we be still1 · 6%
- and we hold our peace1 · 6%
- stilled1 · 6%
- be not silent1 · 6%
- i held my peace1 · 6%
- thereof are still1 · 6%
- to keep silence1 · 6%
- holden my peace1 · 6%
- have not i held my peace1 · 6%
- sake will i not hold my peace1 · 6%
- hold their peace1 · 6%
- wilt thou hold thy peace1 · 6%
- me: i will not keep silence1 · 6%
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.