חָשָׁה chashah

Hebrew word for “be silent” · Strong’s H2814 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) to be silent, quiet, still, inactive;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chashah in context, with how often each is used:

• silent 6
• will be silent 3
• inactive 2
• making quiet 1
• should be silent 1
• still 1
• have been silent 1
• will you be silent? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 2 (2), Isaiah 62 (2), Judges 18 (1), 1 Kings 22 (1), 2 Kings 7 (1), Nehemiah 8 (1), Psalms 28 (1), Psalms 39 (1), Psalms 107 (1), Ecclesiastes 3 (1)

Forms

• מחשׁים 4
• החשׁו 2
• תחשׁה 2
• החשׁיתי 2
• ויחשׁו 1
• לחשׁות 1
• מחשׁה 1
• אחשׁה 1
• יחשׁו 1
• אחשׂה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chashah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָפַק aphaq “to refrain” 2
• אַל al “not” 4
• אֱלִישָׁע elisah “Elisha” 2
• חָרֵשׁ charesh “be quiet” 2
• אֲנַחְנוּ anachnu “we” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 3
• יָדַע yada “to know” 3
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 3
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 2
• עַד ad “till” 3
• מְאֹד meod “much” 2
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 2

Key verses

The verses using chashah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 22:3 — And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
• 2 Kings 2:3 — And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head…
• 2 Kings 2:5 — And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day?…
• 2 Kings 7:9 — Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will…
• Psalms 28:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
• Ecclesiastes 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
• Isaiah 42:14 — I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
• Isaiah 57:11 — And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old,…
• Isaiah 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation…
• Isaiah 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
• Isaiah 64:12 — Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
• Isaiah 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.