כָּחַשׁ kachash

Hebrew word for “to deceive” · Strong’s H3584 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

1) to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely;

How it is translated

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

• will deny 4
• denied 2
• cringe 2
• have denied 2
• will deceive 1
• may cringe 1
• have deceived 1
• should deny ! 1
• cringed 1
• lied 1
• will cringe 1
• has become lean 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 6 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Joshua 7 (1), Joshua 24 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 1 Kings 13 (1), Job 8 (1), Job 31 (1)

Forms

• וכחשׁ 5
• כחשׁ 4
• יכחשׁו 3
• כחשׁו 2
• ותכחשׁ 1
• תכחשׁו 1
• ויכחשׁו 1
• תכחשׁון 1
• יתכחשׁו 1
• כחשׁתי 1

Words used with it

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

• גָּנַב ganav “to steal” 4
• עָמִית amit “neighbor” 2
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 3
• נֵכָר nekhar “foreign” 2
• שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 3
• פֶּן־ pen “lest” 2
• כְּמוֹ kemo “like” 2
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 2
• אוֹ o “or” 2
• מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 2
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 3

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 6:2 — If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing…
• Leviticus 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies…
• Joshua 7:11 — Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen,…
• Joshua 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it…
• 1 Kings 13:18 — He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that…
• Psalms 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
• Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Isaiah 59:13 — In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of…
• Jeremiah 5:12 — They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
• Hosea 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• Habakkuk 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock…

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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.