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To hoard

חָסַןStrong’s H2630

chasan (cha-san)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chasan is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be hoarded”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.”
Isaiah 23:18 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Niphal) to be treasured up, be hoarded, be laid up, be stored
How it's translated
  • it will be hoarded 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָסַן chasan · to hoard

    (Niphal) to be treasured up, be hoarded, be laid up, be stored Aramaic equivalent: cha.san (חֲסַן "to possess" H2631)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “hoard” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    HOARD, noun

    A store, stock or large quantity of any thing accumulated or laid up; a hidden stock; a treasure; as a hoard of provisions for winter; a hoard of money.

      All definitions and other forms of “hoard”

        HOARD, verb transitive

        To collect and lay up a large quantity of any thing; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly; as, to hoard grain or provisions; to hoard silver and gold.

          HOARD, verb intransitive

          To collect and form a hoard; to lay up store.

            Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

            Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.