ḥāšâ

khaw-shaw'
Parts of Speech Verb

ḥāšâ Definition

  1. to be silent, quiet, still, inactive
    1. (Qal) to be silent, be still
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to be silent, exhibit silence
      2. to show inactivity, be inactive
      3. to make silent, make quiet, cause to be still
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
hXx
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
02814
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 768

KJV Word Usage

hold...peace
9
still
4
silence
2
silent
1
Total
16

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Chashah". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .