Word Study · Strong's H2818 · Hebrew

חֲשַׁח

chashach

khash-akh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: chăshach

“to be necessary (from the idea of convenience) or (transitively) to need”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to be necessary (from the idea of convenience) or (transitively) to need

Rendered in the KJV as

careful, have need of.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

חַשְׁחִ֨ין1
חַשְׁחָ֡ן1

How it is rendered · 2

[are] needing1
things needed1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · feminine plural1
verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

ANcfpa · 1
AVqrmpa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezra1 of 2 · 50%
Daniel1 of 2 · 50%

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Ezra1 occurrence

Ezra 6:9חַשְׁחָ֡ןchashchannoun · feminine pluralWhatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.here: things needed

Daniel1 occurrence

Daniel 3:16חַשְׁחִ֨יןchashchinverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.here: [are] needing

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