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Strong's H2790 חָרַשׁ (charash)

Charash means “be deaf” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2790 — kitharoidos (“harper”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2790
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 67
Books 21

Strong's H2790 Quick Answer

Strong's H2790 חָרַשׁ (charash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. charash (khaw-rash') v. 1. to scratch 2. (by implication) to engrave, plough It has 67 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include devise. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
charash (khaw-rash') v. 1. to scratch 2. (by implication) to engrave, plough
Usage
67 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
devise

Meaning and Definition

charash (khaw-rash') v. 1. to scratch 2. (by implication) to engrave, plough 3. (hence, from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material) 4. (figuratively, in a bad sense) to devise 5. (hence, from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone 6.

(hence, by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) [a primitive root] KJV: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.

Original Word
חָרַשׁ
Transliteration
charash
Derivation
Root: חרשׁ
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2790. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to plow/plot

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H2790 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render charash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Devise Proverbs 3:29

How Strong's H2790 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 67 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2790 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2790 in the Old Testament

67 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:22 KJV

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Genesis 24:21 KJV

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

Genesis 34:5 KJV

And 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.

Usage Excerpts

First 67 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2790.

Genesis 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Genesis 24:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
Genesis 34:5 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Numbers 30:4 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 30:7 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Numbers 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
Deuteronomy 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Judges 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Judges 16:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
Judges 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
1 Samuel 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1 Samuel 10:27 Old Testament, KJV
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
2 Samuel 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
2 Samuel 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
1 Kings 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
1 Kings 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
2 Kings 18:36 Old Testament, KJV
But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Nehemiah 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Esther 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Job 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Job 13:19 Old Testament, KJV
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job 33:31 Old Testament, KJV
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Job 33:33 Old Testament, KJV
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Job 41:12 Old Testament, KJV
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Psalms 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 32:3 Old Testament, KJV
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 35:22 Old Testament, KJV
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 39:12 Old Testament, KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 50:3 Old Testament, KJV
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 50:21 Old Testament, KJV
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Psalms 83:1 Old Testament, KJV
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalms 109:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms 129:3 Old Testament, KJV
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Proverbs 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Proverbs 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Proverbs 12:20 Old Testament, KJV
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Proverbs 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 20:4 Old Testament, KJV
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Isaiah 28:24 Old Testament, KJV
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Isaiah 36:21 Old Testament, KJV
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Isaiah 41:1 Old Testament, KJV
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Isaiah 42:14 Old Testament, KJV
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Jeremiah 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Jeremiah 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Jeremiah 38:27 Old Testament, KJV
Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
Hosea 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
Hosea 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Amos 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Amos 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Micah 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Micah 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Habakkuk 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Zephaniah 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2790, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 10 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 9 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 8 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2790 FAQ

What does charash (חָרַשׁ) mean?

Charash (Strong's H2790) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be deaf". charash (khaw-rash') v. 1. to scratch 2. (by implication) to engrave, plough

How many times is charash (חָרַשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 67 linked usages for Strong's H2790 across 21 books.

Where can I study charash (חָרַשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2790 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate charash (חָרַשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as devise. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.