חֵרֵשׁ
ḥērēš
deaf
Strong's H2795AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 761a

חֵרֵשׁ (ḥērēš) is a Hebrew adjective meaning deaf. It appears 9 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2795).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 761a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 761a)deaf
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֵרֵשׁ adjective: deaf

Strong's H2795 חֵרֵשׁ: deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
KJV:deaf.

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

Exodus 4:11Leviticus 19:14Isaiah 29:18

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