Strong's H2790 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָרַשׁ (chârash)

Pronunciation: khaw-rash'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

Definition: to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)

KJV Renderings: [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.

Senses

1. to cut in, plough, engrave, devise
1. (Qal)
2. to cut in, engrave
3. to plough
4. to devise
5. (Niphal) to be ploughed
6. (Hiphil) to plot evil
2. to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf
1. (Qal)
2. to be silent
3. to be deaf
4. (Hiphil)
5. to be silent, keep quiet
6. to make silent
7. to be deaf, show deafness
8. (Hithpael) to remain silent

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.