Definition
a primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
Traditional renderings: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
Traditional renderings: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּחַשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
22 total
- Genesis 18:15וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ · she denied itBut Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- Leviticus 6:2וְכִחֵ֨שׁ · by deceiving“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
- Leviticus 6:3וְכִ֥חֶשׁ · and lies…or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- Leviticus 19:11תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּ · lieYou must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Deuteronomy 33:29וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ · will cower before youBlessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
- Joshua 7:11כִּֽחֲשׁ֔וּ · liedIsrael has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
- Joshua 24:27תְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּן · denyAnd Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
- 2 Samuel 22:45יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־ · cowerForeigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
- 1 Kings 13:18כִּחֵ֖שׁ · The old prophet was lyingThen the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
- Job 8:18וְכִ֥חֶשׁ · it will disownIf he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- Job 31:28כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי · I would have denied…this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
- Psalm 18:44יְכַחֲשׁוּ־ · cowerWhen they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
- Psalm 66:3יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ · cower before YouSay to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Psalm 81:15יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ · would feign obedienceThose who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
- Psalm 109:24כָּחַ֥שׁ · grows leanMy knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
- Proverbs 30:9וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮ · and deny YouOtherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Isaiah 59:13וְכַחֵשׁ֙ · and denying…rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
- Jeremiah 5:12כִּֽחֲשׁוּ֙ · They have liedThey have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- Hosea 4:2וְכַחֵ֔שׁ · and lyingCursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Hosea 9:2יְכַ֥חֶשׁ · will fail themThe threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
- Habakkuk 3:17כִּחֵשׁ֙ · failsThough the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
- Zechariah 13:4כַּחֵֽשׁ׃ · deceiveAnd on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.