כָּחַד
kâchad · kaw-khad'
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
- to secrete, by act or word
- hence, (intensively) to destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in
The open hand that covers that works to separate and protect of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּחַד 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hide4 · 14%
- unto him, we will not hide1 · 4%
- and thou shalt be cut off1 · 4%
- and i will cut them off1 · 4%
- unto thee? i pray thee hide1 · 4%
- if thou hide1 · 4%
- and hid1 · 4%
- hid1 · 4%
- even to cut it off1 · 4%
- which cut off1 · 4%
- cut off1 · 4%
- for i have not concealed1 · 4%
- and have not hid1 · 4%
- in desolate1 · 4%
- though he hide1 · 4%
- is not cut down1 · 4%
- will i not conceal1 · 4%
- i have not concealed1 · 4%
- are not hid1 · 4%
- we will not hide1 · 4%
- and let us cut them off1 · 4%
- was not hid1 · 4%
- they hide1 · 4%
- and conceal1 · 4%
- is not hid1 · 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.