Be hasty
חֲצַףStrong’s H2685chatsaph (cha-tsaph)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chatsaph is the Aramaic word usually translated “harsh” and “being harsh”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.”
Meaning
- (Aphel) to be urgent, harsh, show insolence
How it's translated
- harsh 1
- being harsh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
1 book in all.
Related words
Aramaic dictionary
חֲצַף chatsaph · be hasty
(Aphel) to be urgent, harsh, show insolence
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “harsh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARSH, adjective
- Rough to the touch; rugged; grating; as harsh sand; harsh cloth; opposed to smooth.
- Sour; rough to the taste; as harsh fruit.
- Rough to the ear; grating; discordant; jarring; as a harsh sound; harsh notes; a harsh voice.
- Austere; crabbed; morose; peevish.
All definitions
- Rough; rude; abusive; as harsh words; a harsh reflection.
- Rigorous; severe.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.