חֶרֶשׁ
cheresh · secretly, silently
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2791 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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cheresh (חֶרֶשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “secretly, silently”.
Secretly, quietly.
How to say it
che·resh
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Out of sight, so that no one finds out.
- The trade of one who works with his hands and skill.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Craftsmen ×1
- crafts ×1
- secretly ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun sent from Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, “Go, see the land and Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a woman, a prostitute, whose name was Rahab, and they lay down there.
- Nehemiah 11:35
Lod and Ono, the valley of the Craftsmen.
- Isaiah 3:3
commander of fifty and dignitary, and counselor and the wise in crafts, and the skilled in enchantment.