H3584

כָּחַשׁ

ka.chashH:V

to deceive

1) to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely 1a) (Qal) to become lean 1b) (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to deceive, deny falsely 1c2) to act deceptively 1c3) to cringe 1c4) to disappoint, fail 1d) (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כָּחַשׁ verb be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean (Late Hebrew כָּחַשׁ grow lean; Hiph`il convict of falsehood, refute; Aramaic כְּחַשׁ grow lean; כַּחְשָׁא leanness, כְּחִישׁוּתָא leanness, weakness; Aph`el as Late Hebrew Hiph`il) —

Qal. Perfect 3 masculine singular וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ֑מֶן Ps 109:24 my flesh hath grown lean (away) from fatness (|| בִּרְכַּי כָּֽשְׁלוּ מִצּוֺם). Niph`al Imperfect וְיִכָּֽחֲשׂוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ Deut 33:29 thine enemies shall cringe (come cringing, i.e. originally act deceptively, feigning obedience) to thee (compare also Pi`el 3, Hithpa`el) Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular כִּחֵשׁ 1Kgs 13:18; Hab 3:17 וְכִּ֫חֶשׁ consecutive (before monosyll.) Lev 5:22; Job 8:18, etc.; Imperfect יְכַ֫חֶשּׁ (בָּהּׅ Hos 9:2 3 feminine singular וַתְּכַחֵשׂ Gen 18:15, etc.; Infinitive absolute כַּחֵשׁ Hos 4:2; Isa 59:13 construct Zech 13:4 —

1. device, absolute Gen 18:15 (J), Josh 7:11 (JE), Hos 4:2 (אלה וכחשׁ together = false swearing according to We^{Kl. Pr}.; + וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹ֑ף), compare לֹא תִגְנֹ֑בוּ וְלֹאֿ תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתוֺ Lev 19:11 (H); ׳לְמַעַן כ Zech 13:4 in order to deceive; followed by לְ person 1Kgs 13:18; Job 31:28 followed by בְ person and of thing Lev 5:21, בְ of thing v.Lev 6:22.

2. act deceptively against (i.e. seem to acknowledge, but not really do so), followed by בְ person Josh 24:27 (E), Jer 5:12; Isa 59:13; Job 8:18, apparently also בָּהּ ׳וְתִירוֺשׁ יכ Hos 9:2 and new wine shall deny her (Israel; i.e. refuse to acknowledge her as its mistress, not yield itself to her); absolute Prov 30:9.

3. cringe = come cringing (make shew of obedience, see Niph`al) followed by בְ person Ps 18:45 (Hithpa`el in || 2Sam 22:45); followed by לְ person Ps 66:3; Ps 81:16.

4. disappoint, fail, absolute כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה זַיִת Hab 3:17 the product of the olive hath failed (in sense compare Hos 9:2 above)

Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְכַּחֲשׁוּ לִי 2Sam 22:45 shall come cringing to me (|| Ps 18:45. see above)

16 occurrences

Genesis (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), I Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (2), Habakkuk (1)