כָּחַשׁ
kâchash · kaw-khash'
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
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
- 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)
the open hand that covers › to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy
The open hand that covers that works to separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּחַשׁ 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall submit2 · 9%
- and lying2 · 9%
- shall fail2 · 9%
- denied1 · 5%
- and lie1 · 5%
- and lieth1 · 5%
- neither deal falsely1 · 5%
- shall be found liars1 · 5%
- and dissembled1 · 5%
- unto you, lest ye deny1 · 5%
- but he lied1 · 5%
- then it shall deny1 · 5%
- for i should have denied1 · 5%
- submit1 · 5%
- should have submitted1 · 5%
- faileth1 · 5%
- and deny1 · 5%
- they have belied1 · 5%
- to deceive1 · 5%
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.