כָּחַשׁ
kāḥaš
be disappointing
Strong's H3584VerbHebrewTWOT 975

כָּחַשׁ (kāḥaš) is a Hebrew verb meaning be disappointing. It appears 22 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3584).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 975)

Range of meaning (TWOT 975)be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean; act deceptively, cringe, come cringing, disappoint; be untrue, lie, feign, disown; deny, dissemble, deal falsely, be found liars, lying, submit selves
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּחַשׁ verb: be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean

Strong's H3584 כָּחַשׁ: to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
KJV:deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 18:15Leviticus 19:11Deuteronomy 33:29

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