King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2791
Transliteration: cheresh
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-resh)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; adverb; noun masculine
Short Definition: silently, secretly
Meaning: magical craft, silence
Word Summary
cheresh: silently, secretly
Original Word: חֶרֶשׁTransliteration: cheresh
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-resh)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; adverb; noun masculine
Short Definition: silently, secretly
Meaning: magical craft, silence
Strong's Concordance
cunning, secretly From charash; magical craft; also silence -- cunning, secretly.
see HEBREW charash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2791. cheresh
I. חֶ֫רֶשׁ noun [masculine] as
adverb silently, secretly — ח ׳מְרַגְּלִים 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 חֲרָשִׁים חֲכַם Isaiah 3:3 skilled in magic arts, or drugs ("" לָ֑חַשׁ נְבוֺן), ( > others Generally = handicraft).