Definition
from H2790; deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
Traditional renderings: deaf.
Traditional renderings: deaf.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֵרֵשׁ:
- κωφόςkōphos“deaf/mute”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Exodus 4:11חֵרֵ֔שׁ · the deafAnd the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Leviticus 19:14חֵרֵ֔שׁ · the deafYou must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Psalm 38:13כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ · But like a deaf manBut like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
- Psalm 58:4חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ · that shutsTheir venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
- Isaiah 29:18הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים · the deafOn that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Isaiah 35:5חֵרְשִׁ֖ים · of the deafThen the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Isaiah 42:18הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים · you deaf [ones]Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
- Isaiah 42:19וְחֵרֵ֖שׁ · or deafWho is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
- Isaiah 43:8וְחֵרְשִׁ֖ים · but are deafBring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.