Deaf
חֵרֵשׁStrong’s H2795cheresh (che-resh)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cheresh is the Hebrew word usually translated “deaf”, “like a deaf” and “o deaf”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?”
Meaning
- Deaf
How it's translated
- deaf 3
- and deaf 2
- a deaf 1
- like a deaf 1
- the deaf 1
- o deaf 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- Psalms 2
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 19:14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Psalms 38:13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
- Psalms 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
- Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- Isaiah 42:18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Hebrew dictionary
חֵרֵשׁ cheresh · deaf
deaf
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deaf” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEAF, noun
deef.
- Not perceiving sounds; not receiving impressions from sonorous bodies through the air; as a deaf ear.
- Wanting the sense of hearing; having organs which do not perceive sounds; as a deaf man.
- In a metaphorical sense, not listening; not regarding; not moved, persuaded or convinced; rejecting; as deaf to reason or arguments.
- Without the ability or will to regard spiritual things; unconcerned; as, hear, ye deaf Is. x1ii.
All definitions and other forms of “deaf”
- Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened; as deaf with clamor.
- Stifled; imperfect; obscurely heard; as a deaf noise or murmur.
DEAF, verb transitive
to deafen, is used by Dryden, but is obsolete, unless perhaps in poetry.
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.