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Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2790 - Tongue

Strong's No.:H2790

Hebrew:חָרַשׁ

Transliteration:chârash

Phonetic:khaw-rash'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:X-(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.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

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)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to cut in, plough, engrave, devise

a. (Qal)

1. to cut in, engrave

2. to plough

3. to devise

b. (Niphal) to be ploughed

c. (Hiphil) to plot evil

2. to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf

a. (Qal)

1. to be silent

2. to be deaf

b. (Hiphil)

1. to be silent, keep quiet

2. to make silent

3. to be deaf, show deafness

c. (Hithpael) to remain silent


Bible References:
Tongue

Translation
Occurrences:
Cease ( 1 )
conceal ( 1 )
deaf ( 1 )
Devise ( 3 )
deviseth ( 2 )
ear ( 1 )
graven ( 1 )
Hold ( 2 )
imagine ( 1 )
peace ( 24 )
plow ( 6 )
plowed ( 5 )
plowers ( 1 )
plowing ( 2 )
plowman ( 2 )
practised ( 1 )
quiet ( 1 )
rest ( 1 )
silence ( 5 )
silent ( 2 )
speak ( 1 )
speaking ( 1 )
still ( 1 )
tongue ( 4 )
worker ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.