hold peace, keep silence, be silent, be still
A primitive root; to hush or keep quiet -- hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.
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חָשָׁה]
verbbe silent, inactive, still (chiefly in poetry and late) (Late Hebrew
id., Aramaic in derivatives) —
QalImperfect2masculine singular תֶּחֱשֶׁהPsalm 28:1; Isaiah 64:11; אֶחֱשֶׁהIsaiah 62:1; Isaiah 65:6; יֶחֱשׁוּIsaiah 62:6; וַיֶּחֱשׁוּPsalm 107:29; — be silentEcclesiastes 3:7 (opposed to לְדַבֵּר); Isaiah 62:1,6 (=neglect to speak); of ׳י i.e. be unresponsive Psalm 28:1 ("" חרשׁ); Isaiah 64:11 ("" הִתְאַמַּק); but Isaiah 65:6 of ׳י's keeping silence at iniquity, i.e. overlooking it (compare Isaiah 57:11 Hiph`il); of waves, be stillPsalm 107:29 (subject גַּלֵּיהֶם).
Hiph`ilPerfectהֶחֱשֵׁיתִיPsalm 39:3; Isaiah 42:14; Imperativeהֶחֱשׁוּ2 Kings 2:3,5; ParticipleמַחְשֶׁהIsaiah 57:11; plural מַחְשִׁיםJudges 18:9 3t.; —
1exhibit silence, be silent2 Kings 2:3,5; 2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 39:3 (followed by מִטּוֺב, "" נֶאֱלַמְתִּי), figurative Isaiah 42:14 ("" אחרישׁ); of ׳י's being silent at iniquity Isaiah 57:11 (i.e. overlooking it, compare Qal Isaiah 65:5), possibly also is be silent, opposed to rescue, Ges Che Di Du.
2shew inactivityJudges 18:9, מִקַּחַת׳הח1 Kings 22:3 Gilead is ours, and we shew inactivity so as not to take it.
3causat. make still, quiet, followed by לְ, of direct object Nehemiah 8:11 (v:b הַסּוּ q. v.)
חֻשִׁים, חֻשָם see above.
Strong's Hebrew: 2814. חָשָׁה (chashah) — 15 Occurrences
Judges 18:9
HEB:מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתֶּ֣ם מַחְשִׁ֔ים אַל־ תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ
NAS: good. And will you sit still? Do not delay
KJV: good: and [are] ye still? be not slothful
INT: is very and will you sit nay slothful
1 Kings 22:3
HEB:גִּלְעָ֑ד וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ מַחְשִׁ֔ים מִקַּ֣חַת אֹתָ֔הּ
NAS: that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take
KJV: in Gilead [is] ours, and we [be] still, [and] take
INT: Gilead we are still to take of the hand
2 Kings 2:3
HEB:אֲנִ֥י יָדַ֖עְתִּי הֶחֱשֽׁוּ׃
NAS: Yes, I know; be still.
KJV: Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.
INT: I know be still
2 Kings 2:5
HEB:אֲנִ֥י יָדַ֖עְתִּי הֶחֱשֽׁוּ׃
NAS: Yes, I know; be still.
KJV: Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.
INT: I know be still
2 Kings 7:9
HEB:ה֔וּא וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ מַחְשִׁ֗ים וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ עַד־
NAS: of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait
KJV: of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry
INT: he we are keeping wait until
Nehemiah 8:11
HEB: וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם מַחְשִׁ֤ים לְכָל־ הָעָם֙
NAS: So the Levites calmed all the people,
KJV: So the Levites stilled all the people,
INT: the Levites calmed all the people
Psalm 39:2
HEB:נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י
NAS: and silent, I refrained [even] from good,
KJV: with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good;
INT: was mute and silent refrained good and my sorrow
Psalm 107:29
HEB:סְ֭עָרָה לִדְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃
NAS: So that the waves of the sea were hushed.
KJV: so that the waves thereof are still.
INT: the storm to be still were hushed the waves
Ecclesiastes 3:7
HEB:לִתְפּ֔וֹר עֵ֥ת לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת וְעֵ֥ת לְדַבֵּֽר׃
NAS: A time to be silent and a time
KJV: a time to keep silence, and a time
INT: to sew A time to be silent time to speak
Isaiah 42:14
HEB: הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ
NAS:I have kept silent for a long time,
KJV: I have long time holden my peace; I have been still,
INT:have kept A long still
Isaiah 57:11
HEB:הֲלֹ֨א אֲנִ֤י מַחְשֶׁה֙ וּמֵ֣עֹלָ֔ם וְאוֹתִ֖י
NAS: [Me] a thought? Was I not silent even for a long time
KJV: [it] to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old,
INT: Nor I hold peace A long Nor
Isaiah 62:1
HEB:צִיּוֹן֙ לֹ֣א אֶחֱשֶׁ֔ה וּלְמַ֥עַן יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם
NAS: sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem's
KJV: For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's
INT: Zion's I will not keep sake Jerusalem's
Isaiah 62:6
HEB:תָּמִ֖יד לֹ֣א יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ הַמַּזְכִּרִים֙ אֶת־
NAS: they will never keep silent. You who remind
KJV: [which] shall never hold their peace day
INT: shall never will never keep remind the LORD
Isaiah 64:12
HEB:תִתְאַפַּ֖ק יְהוָ֑ה תֶּחֱשֶׁ֥ה וּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּ עַד־
NAS: O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict
KJV: thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict
INT: restrain Jehovah silent and afflict beyond
Isaiah 65:6
HEB:לְפָנָ֑י לֹ֤א אֶחֱשֶׂה֙ כִּ֣י אִם־
NAS: before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
KJV: before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense,
INT: before I will not keep for but
