Strong's Number H2790

חָרַשׁ

charash · khaw-rash'

Transliteration:

charash{khaw-rash'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

760,761

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)

Usage in the KJV:

...peace 26, plow 13, devise 5, keep ... silence 3, hold...tongue 3, altogether 3, plowman 2, cease 1, conceal 1, deaf 1, to ear 1, graven 1, imagine 1, misc 9

Total: 73
Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to cut in, plough, engrave, devise
1. (Qal)
  1. to cut in, engrave
  2. to plough
  3. to devise
2. (Niphal) to be ploughed
3. (Hiphil) to plot evil
to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf
1. (Qal)
  1. to be silent
  2. to be deaf
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to be silent, keep quiet
  2. to make silent
  3. to be deaf, show deafness
3. (Hithpael) to remain silent