חָשַׂךְ chasakh

Hebrew word for “to withhold” · Strong’s H2820 · used 28 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain;

How it is translated

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

• have withheld 4
• will restrain 3
• one who restrains 3
• have restrained 2
• has restrained 2
• refrain 2
• has withheld 1
• restrained 1
• will be restrained 1
• spared 1
• will keep back 1
• have kept back 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 22 (2), Job 16 (2), Genesis 20 (1), Genesis 39 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 2 Samuel 18 (1), 2 Kings 5 (1), Ezra 9 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 21 (1)

Forms

• חשׂך 8
• יחשׂך 5
• חשׂכת 3
• חשׂכו 2
• חושׂך 2
• ואחשׂך 1
• אחשׂך 1
• חשׂכתי 1
• וחשׂך 1
• וחושׂך 1

Words used with it

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

• מְאוּמָה meumah “anything” 3
• פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 5
• יָחִיד yachid “only” 2
• אַל al “not” 4
• רַע ra “bad” 4
• עֶבְרָה evrah “fury” 2
• אִם im “if” 4
• זֶה zeh “this” 4
• חָדַל chadal “to cease” 2
• חַי chay “alive” 3
• שֹׁפָר shophar “trumpet” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 20:6 — And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore…
• Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son,…
• Genesis 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only
• Genesis 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great…
• 1 Samuel 25:39 — And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his…
• 2 Kings 5:20 — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought:…
• Ezra 9:13 — And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,…
• Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 21:30 — That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• Proverbs 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
• Proverbs 24:11 — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
• Isaiah 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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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.