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