Chashah means “hold peace” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2814 — klema (“branch”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2814 חָשָׁה (chashah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chashah (khaw-shaw') v. 1. to hush or keep quiet [a primitive root] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include hold, still, peace, and keep. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chashah (khaw-shaw') v. 1. to hush or keep quiet [a primitive root] KJV: hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.
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be silent
Usage: 1) to be silent, quiet, still, inactive 1a) (Qal) to be silent, be still 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to be silent, exhibit silence 1b2) to show inactivity, be inactive 1b3) to make silent, make quiet, cause to be still
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chashah, 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.
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.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2814.
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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.
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
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Chashah (Strong's H2814) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "hold peace". chashah (khaw-shaw') v. 1. to hush or keep quiet [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H2814 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2814 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hold, still, peace, and keep. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.