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To whisper

לָחַשׁStrong’s H3907

lachash (la-chash)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Lachash is the Hebrew word usually translated “whispering to one another”, “whisper to one another” and “charmers”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.”
2 Samuel 12:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. To whisper, charm, conjure(Piel) charmers, conjurers, whisperers (participle) · (Hithpael) to whisper to each other
How it's translated
  • whispering to one another 1
  • they whisper to one another 1
  • charmers 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 2
  • 2 Samuel 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

לָחַשׁ lachash · to whisper

1) to whisper, charm, conjure 1a) (Piel) charmers, conjurers, whisperers (participle) 1b) (Hithpael) to whisper to each other

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WHISPER, verb intransitive

[Latin The word seems by its sound to be an onomatopy, as it expresses a sibilant sound or breathing.]

  1. To speak with a low hissing or sibilant voice.
  2. To speak with suspicion or timorous caution.
  3. To plot secretly; to devise in mischief.“All that hate me whisper together against me” Psalms 41:7
All definitions and other forms of “whisper”

    WHISPER, verb transitive

    1. To address in a low voice.
    2. To utter in a low sibilant voice.
    3. To prompt secretly; as, the came to whisper Woolsey.

    WHISPER, noun

    1. A low soft sibilant voice; or words uttered with such a voice.
    2. A cautious or timorous speech.
    3. A hissing or buzzing sound.

    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.