3585. kachash
Strong's Lexicon
kachash: To lie, deceive, fail, deny, disown

Original Word: כָּחַשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: kachash
Pronunciation: kah-khash'
Phonetic Spelling: (kakh'-ash)
Definition: To lie, deceive, fail, deny, disown
Meaning: a failure of flesh, emaciation, hypocrisy

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kachash
Definition
lying, leanness
NASB Translation
leanness (1), lies (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
כַּ֫חַשׁ noun masculineJob 16:8

1 lying.

2 leanness; — absolute ׳כ Hosea 12:1 2t.; כָּ֑חַשׁ Hosea 10:13; suffix כַּחֲשִׁי Job 16:8; plural suffix כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם Hosea 7:3; —

1 lying, אֲכַלְתֶּם ׳מְּרִי כ Hosea 10:13 ye have eaten the fruit of lying; Hosea 7:3 ("" רָעָה), Hosea 12:1; of Nineveh, מֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה ׳כ Nahum 3:1 of lying (and) robbery it is full; Psalm 59:13 ("" אָלָה).

2 of Job's affliction Job 16:8 my leanness hath risen up against me (compare Psalm 109:24; ᵑ7 J Genesis 41:27; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Talmud כחשׁא; > my lying, i.e. my affliction regarded as a lying witness, Di Buhl and others)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
leanness, lies, lying

From kachash; literally, a failure of flesh, i.e. Emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy -- leanness, lies, lying.

see HEBREW kachash

Forms and Transliterations
בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙ בכחש וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם וּמִכַּ֣חַשׁ ובכחשיהם ומכחש כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י כַּ֤חַשׁ כָ֑חַשׁ כחש כחשי ḇə·ḵa·ḥaš ḇəḵaḥaš Chachash chachaShi ḵa·ḥă·šî ka·ḥaš ḵā·ḥaš Kachash kaḥaš ḵāḥaš ḵaḥăšî ū·ḇə·ḵa·ḥă·šê·hem ū·mik·ka·ḥaš ūḇəḵaḥăšêhem umikKachash ūmikkaḥaš uvechachasheiHem veChachash
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 16:8
HEB: וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה׃
NAS: a witness; And my leanness rises
KJV: [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up
INT: has become rises and my leanness to my face testifies

Psalm 59:12
HEB: בִגְאוֹנָ֑ם וּמֵאָלָ֖ה וּמִכַּ֣חַשׁ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃
NAS: of curses and lies which they utter.
KJV: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
INT: their pride of curses and lies utter

Hosea 7:3
HEB: יְשַׂמְּחוּ־ מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖ם שָׂרִֽים׃
NAS: glad, And the princes with their lies.
KJV: and the princes with their lies.
INT: make the king their lies and the princes

Hosea 10:13
HEB: אֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם פְּרִי־ כָ֑חַשׁ כִּֽי־ בָטַ֥חְתָּ
NAS: the fruit of lies. Because
KJV: the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust
INT: have eaten the fruit of lies Because have trusted

Hosea 11:12
HEB: סְבָבֻ֤נִי בְכַ֙חַשׁ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וּבְמִרְמָ֖ה
NAS: surrounds Me with lies And the house
KJV: compasseth me about with lies, and the house
INT: surrounds lies Ephraim deceit

Nahum 3:1
HEB: דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה
NAS: full of lies [and] pillage;
KJV: it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery;
INT: to the bloody completely of lies pillage fruit

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3585
6 Occurrences


ḵā·ḥaš — 1 Occ.
ḵa·ḥă·šî — 1 Occ.
ka·ḥaš — 1 Occ.
ū·mik·ka·ḥaš — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḵa·ḥă·šê·hem — 1 Occ.
ḇə·ḵa·ḥaš — 1 Occ.

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