חָשַׂךְ

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 20:6

• וָאֶחְשֹׂ֧ךְvaechsokhHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have restrained

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

Genesis 22:12

• חָשַׂ֛כְתָּchasakhtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have withheld

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

Genesis 22:16

• חָשַׂ֖כְתָּchasakhtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have withheld

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

Genesis 39:9

• חָשַׂ֤ךְchasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has withheld

On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.

1 Samuel 25:39

• חָשַׂ֣ךְchasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has restrained

Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.

2 Samuel 18:16

• חָשַׂ֥ךְchasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he restrained

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

2 Kings 5:20

• חָשַׂ֣ךְchasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has restrained

After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),

Ezra 9:13

• חָשַׂ֤כְתָּֽchasakhtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have withheld

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:11

• אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְʾechesakhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will restrain

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

Job 16:5

• יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃yachsokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will restrain

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Job 16:6

• יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְyechasekhverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be restrained

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Job 21:30

• יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְyechasekhverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is spared

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job 30:10

• חָ֥שְׂכוּchasekhuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have withheld

to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:18

• יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְyachsokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will keep back

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Job 38:23

• חָשַׂ֥כְתִּיchasakhtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have kept back

Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

Psalms 19:13

• חֲשֹׂ֬ךְchasokhverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: keep back

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

Psalms 78:50

• חָשַׂ֣ךְchasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he kept back

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:19

• וְחֹשֵׂ֖ךְvechosekhconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and restrains

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Proverbs 11:24

• וְחוֹשֵׂ֥ךְvechosekhconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and withholds

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Proverbs 13:24

• חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְchosekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: restrains

A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

Proverbs 17:27

• חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְchosekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: restrains

All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

Proverbs 21:26

• יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃yachsokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he keeps back

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

Proverbs 24:11

• תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ׃tachsokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will restrain

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Isaiah 14:6

• חָשָֽׂךְ׃chasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anyone restrained

“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

Isaiah 54:2

• תַּחְשֹׂ֑כִיtachsokhiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you refrain

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 58:1

• תַּחְשֹׂ֔ךְtachsokhverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you refrain

This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

Jeremiah 14:10

• חָשָׂ֑כוּchasakhuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have restrained

The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Ezekiel 30:18

• חָשַׂ֣ךְchasakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will withhold