Word Study · Strong's H3584 · Hebrew
כָּחַשׁ
kachash
kaw-khash'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kâchash
“to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
Rendered in the KJV as
deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- וְכִ֥חֶשׁ2
- וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ1
- וְכִחֵ֨שׁ1
- וְכַחֵשׁ֙1
- וְכַחֵ֔שׁ1
- וְכִחַשְׁתִּי֮1
- וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ1
- יְכַ֥חֶשׁ1
- יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּ1
- יְכַחֲשׁוּ־1
- יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־1
- יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- and he will deny2
- they cringe2
- and deceiving1
- and I will deny1
- and it will deny1
- and she denied1
- and we have denied1
- he lied1
- I denied1
- it fails1
- it has become lean1
- it will fail1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 15
- Hc/Vpq3ms3
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- HC/VNu3mp1
- Hc/Vpq1cs1
- Hc/Vpw3fs1
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vpq3ms · 3
- HVpi3mp · 3
- HC/Vpcc · 2
- HVpp3cp · 2
- HVpp3ms · 2
- HC/VNu3mp · 1
- Hc/Vpq1cs · 1
- Hc/Vpw3fs · 1
- HVpcc · 1
- HVpi2mp · 1
- HVpi2mp/Sn · 1
- HVpi3ms · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 6:2וְכִחֵ֨שׁvekhicheshHc/Vpq3ms“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 neighborhere: and he will deny
- Leviticus 6:3וְכִ֥חֶשׁvekhicheshHc/Vpq3msor finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—here: and he will deny
- Leviticus 19:11תְכַחֲשׁ֥וּtekhachashuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.here: you will deceive
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 7:11כִּֽחֲשׁ֔וּkichashuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIsrael 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.here: they have deceived
- Joshua 24:27תְּכַחֲשׁ֖וּןtekhachashunverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunAnd 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.”here: you should deny !
Job2 occurrences
- Job 8:18וְכִ֥חֶשׁvekhicheshHc/Vpq3msIf he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’here: and it will deny
- Job 31:28כִחַ֖שְׁתִּיkhichashtiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularthis would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.here: I denied
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 18:44יְכַחֲשׁוּ־yekhachashu-verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralWhen they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.here: they cringe
- Psalms 66:3יְֽכַחֲשׁ֖וּyekhachashuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralSay to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.here: they cringe
- Psalms 81:15יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־yekhachashu-verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThose who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.here: they will cringe
- Psalms 109:24כָּחַ֥שׁkachashverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMy knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.here: it has become lean
Hosea2 occurrences
- Hosea 4:2וְכַחֵ֔שׁvekhacheshconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.here: and deceiving
- Hosea 9:2יְכַ֥חֶשׁyekhacheshverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.here: it will fail