Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #2791 - חֶרֶשׁ cheresh (silently)


Original Word:חֶרֶשׁ
Transliteration: cheresh
Definition:silently, secretly
Part of Speech:noun masculine; adverb; noun masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(kheh'-resh)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cunning, secretly

From charash; magical craft; also silence -- cunning, secretly.

see HEBREW charash


Englishman's Concordance

1) silently, secretly (adverb)
2) magic art, magician (noun masculine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2790
Same Word by TWOT Number: 761b, 763a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. חֶ֫רֶשׁnoun [masculine] as

adverbsilently, secretly׳מְרַגְּלִים חJoshua 2:1 (JE) exploring secretly.

III. חרשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown).

II. חֶ֫רֶשׁnoun [masculine]magic art, or perhaps magic drug (Aramaic practise magic, חָרָשׁ, magician, incantation, magic art, preparation of magic potion, so Ethiopic one using incantations; incantation, magic; compare perhaps Arabic , a medicinal broth given to women in childbed; חֶרֶשׁ perhaps magical drug, see RSJPh xiv. 1885, 125) — only חֲכַםחֲרָשִׁיםIsaiah 3:3skilled in magic arts, or drugs ("" נְבוֺן לָ֑חַשׁ), ( > others Generally=handicraft).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2791. חֶ֫רֶשׁ (cheresh) — 2 Occurrences

Joshua 2:1
HEB:אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מְרַגְּלִים֙ חֶ֣רֶשׁ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכ֛וּ
NAS: as spies secretly from Shittim,
KJV: men to spy secretly, saying, Go
INT: men spies secretly saying Go

Nehemiah 11:35
HEB:וְאוֹנ֖וֹ גֵּ֥י הַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃
KJV: and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
INT: and Ono the valley cunning

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