To plow/plot
חָרַשׁStrong’s H2790charash (cha-rash)
Appears in 67 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charash is the Hebrew word usually translated “keep silent”, “silent” and “certainly”. It appears in 67 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.”
Meaning
- To cut in, plough, engrave, devise(Qal) · (Niphal) to be ploughed · (Hiphil) to plot evil
- To be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf(Qal) · (Hiphil) · (Hithpael) to remain silent
How it's translated
- i will keep silent 4
- you be silent 4
- and he will keep silent 3
- certainly 3
- keep quiet 3
- and they kept silent 3
- devisers of 3
- you will keep quiet 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 10
- Psalms 9
- Proverbs 8
- Numbers 4
- 1 Samuel 4
- Isaiah 4
21 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 24:21And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
- Genesis 34:5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
- Exodus 14:14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Numbers 30:4And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:7And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 30:11And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
All 67 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חָרַשׁ charash · to plow/plot
1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in, engrave 1a2) to plough 1a3) to devise 1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed 1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
חָרֵשׁ charesh · be quiet
1) to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be deaf 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to be silent, keep quiet 1b2) to make silent 1b3) to be deaf, show deafness 1c) (Hithpael) to remain silent
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “silent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SI'LENT, adjective
- Not speaking; mute. Psalms 22:2
- Habitually taciturn; speaking little; not inclined to much talking; not loquacious.
- Still; having not noise; as the silent watches of the night; the silent groves; all was silent
- Not operative; wanting efficacy.
All definitions
- Not mentioning; not proclaiming.
- Calm; as, the winds were silent
- Not acting; not transacting business in person; as a silent partner in a commercial house.
- Hot pronounced; having no sound; as, e is silent in fable.
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.