Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
KJV Usage: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-)lie, lying, submit selves
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּחַשׁ (ka.chash) — to deceive. 1) to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely 1a) (Qal) to become lean 1b) (Niphal) to cringe, feign obedience 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to deceive, deny falsely 1c2) to act deceptively 1c3) to cringe 1c4) to disappoint, fail 1d) (Hithpael) to cringe, feign obedience
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · כַּחַשׁ
Thin | verb qal
to become lean, to become gaunt = process by which humans lose body volume ◄ as a result of sickness or fasting
verb · כַּחַשׁ · כֶּחַשׁ
False | verb pi
to lie, to deceive = action by which humans say things that are not true in order to deceive or mislead others
GEN 18:15 · LEV 5:21 · LEV 5:22 · LEV 19:11 · JOS 7:11 · 1KI 13:18 · HOS 4:2 · ZEC 13:4
Fail | verb pi
to fail literally: to lie; hence: = state in which plants fail to produce the fruits that they are expected to produce, ◄ which makes it look as if the plants had been lying
Insignificant | verb pi, verb nif, verb hit
to feign submission = action by which humans pretend to humble themselves and submit to other humans, ◄ as they realize that they are unable to stand up against them
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כָּחַשׁ vb. be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean Qal my flesh hath grown lean (away) fr. fatness
Niph. thine enemies shall cringe
Pi. deceive
act deceptively against
cringe = come cringing
disappoint, fail
Hithp. shall come cringing to me
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