Strong H2790H2790Aחָרַשׁ

to plow/plot

Transliteration: chârash
Pronunciation: khaw-rash'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in, engrave
1a2) to plough
1a3) to devise
1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed
1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil

General definition

A primitive root; to {scratch} that {is} (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): - X {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.

In the Bible

Strong H2790A appears in 23 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

plow13
deviseth2
plowman2
devise2
ear1
graven1
imagine1
plower1
practise1
worker1

First verses

Deuteronomy 22:10
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Judges 14:18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
1 Samuel 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1 Samuel 23:9
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
1 Kings 7:14
He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
1 Kings 19:19
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Psalms 129:3
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Proverbs 3:29
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Isaiah 28:24
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Hosea 10:11
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
Hosea 10:13
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

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