חֶרֶשׁ
ḥereš
magic art
Strong's H2791AdverbHebrewTWOT 761b

חֶרֶשׁ (ḥereš) is a Hebrew adverb meaning magic art. It appears 3 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2791).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 761b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 761b)silently, secretly, exploring secretly; magical craft, silence; cunning
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun, masculine: silently, secretly, exploring secretly

as adverb silently, secretly—(J E) exploring secretly.

Strong's H2791 חֶרֶשׁ: magical craft; also silence
KJV:cunning, secretly.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 761: חָרֵשׁ ḥārēš — be silent, dumb, speechless, be deaf; exhibit silence, make silent, shew deafness; scratch, engrave, plough, fabricate, devise, let alone; cease, conceal, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow, plower…

See it in Scripture

Joshua 2:1Nehemiah 11:35Isaiah 3:3

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