Word Study · Strong's H3908 · Hebrew
לַחַשׁ
lachash
lakh'-ash
“properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
Rendered in the KJV as
charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- לָ֑חַשׁ2
- וְהַלְּחָשִֽׁים׃1
- לַ֔חַשׁ1
- לָֽחַשׁ׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- charming2
- [is] a charm1
- a whisper1
- and the amulets1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:3לָֽחַשׁ׃lachashnoun · masculine singularthe commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.here: charming
- Isaiah 3:20וְהַלְּחָשִֽׁים׃vehalechashimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltheir headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms;here: and the amulets
- Isaiah 26:16לַ֔חַשׁlachashnoun · masculine singularO LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.here: a whisper