חָשַׂךְ
châsak · khaw-sak'
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ)
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
- to restrain or (reflex.) refrain
- by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve
- to observe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
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
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers
To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָשַׂךְ 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- withheld2 · 7%
- spare2 · 7%
- for i also withheld1 · 4%
- hath he kept back1 · 4%
- and hath kept1 · 4%
- held back1 · 4%
- hath spared1 · 4%
- hast punished1 · 4%
- therefore i will not refrain1 · 4%
- should asswage1 · 4%
- is not asswaged1 · 4%
- is reserved1 · 4%
- from me, and spare1 · 4%
- he keepeth back1 · 4%
- which i have reserved1 · 4%
- keep back1 · 4%
- he spared1 · 4%
- but he that refraineth1 · 4%
- and there is that withholdeth1 · 4%
- he that spareth1 · 4%
- spareth1 · 4%
- and spareth1 · 4%
- if thou forbear1 · 4%
- hindereth1 · 4%
- they have not refrained1 · 4%
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.