Strong H27912 sensesחֶ֫רֶשׁ

silently · magic art

Transliteration
cheresh
Pronunciation
kheh'-resh

The 2 senses of Strong H2791

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2791 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. silentlyH2791Aadv1 verse · Joshua
  2. magic artH2791Bmagic art, magician1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

From H2790; magical craft; also silence: - {cunning} secretly.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • craftsmen2
  • artificer1
  • secretly1

First verses

  1. Joshua 2:1
    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
  2. 1 Chronicles 4:14
    And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
  3. Nehemiah 11:35
    Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
  4. Isaiah 3:3
    The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.