2791. cheresh
Strong's Concordance
cheresh: cunning
Original Word: חֶרֶשׁ
Part of Speech: noun masculine; adverb; noun masculine
Transliteration: cheresh
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-resh)
Definition: silently, secretly
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] as

adverb silently, secretly׳מְרַגְּלִים ח Joshua 2:1 (JE) exploring secretly.

III. חרשׁ (√ of following; meaning unknown).

II. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] magic art, or perhaps magic drug (Aramaic practise magic, חָרָשׁ, magician, incantation, magic art, preparation of magic potion, so Ethiopic one using incantations; incantation, magic; compare perhaps Arabic , a medicinal broth given to women in childbed; חֶרֶשׁ perhaps magical drug, see RSJPh xiv. 1885, 125) — only חֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים Isaiah 3:3 skilled in magic arts, or drugs ("" נְבוֺן לָ֑חַשׁ), ( > others Generally = handicraft).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cunning, secretly

From charash; magical craft; also silence -- cunning, secretly.

see HEBREW charash

Forms and Transliterations
הַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃ החרשים׃ חֶ֣רֶשׁ חרש Cheresh ha·ḥă·rā·šîm hacharaShim haḥărāšîm ḥe·reš ḥereš
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 2:1
HEB: אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מְרַגְּלִים֙ חֶ֣רֶשׁ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכ֛וּ
NAS: as spies secretly from Shittim,
KJV: men to spy secretly, saying, Go
INT: men spies secretly saying Go

Nehemiah 11:35
HEB: וְאוֹנ֖וֹ גֵּ֥י הַחֲרָשִֽׁים׃
KJV: and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
INT: and Ono the valley cunning

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2791
2 Occurrences


ḥe·reš — 1 Occ.
ha·ḥă·rā·šîm — 1 Occ.
















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