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Lexicon :: Strong's H3908 - laḥaš

Aa
לַחַשׁ
Transliteration
laḥaš
Pronunciation
lakh'-ash
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1107a

Strong’s Definitions

לַחַשׁ lachash, lakh'-ash; from H3907; properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet:—charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H3908 in the following manner: enchantment (1x), orator (1x), earing (1x), prayer (1x), charmed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H3908 in the following manner: enchantment (1x), orator (1x), earing (1x), prayer (1x), charmed (1x).

  1. whispering, charming

    1. serpent-charming

    2. charms, amulets (worn by women)

    3. whisper (of prayer)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לַחַשׁ lachash, lakh'-ash; from H3907; properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet:—charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.
STRONGS H3908: Abbreviations
† לַ֫חַשׁ noun [masculine] a whispering, charming; — ל׳ Isaiah 26:16; לָ֑חַשׁ Ecclesiastes 10:11; Isaiah 3:3; Jeremiah 8:17; plural לְחָשִׁים Isaiah 3:20. —
1. serpent-charming Ecclesiastes 10:11; נְבוֺן לָ֑חַשׁ Isaiah 3:3 (probably more general).
2. charms, amulets, worn by women, Isaiah 3:20.
3. whisper of prayer, צָקוּן לַחַשׁ Isaiah 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read צְקוֺן לַחַשׁ 'Zauberzwang,' compulsion of (by) magic).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

10:11; 10:11

Isaiah

3:3; 3:3; 3:20; 3:20; 26:16; 26:16

Jeremiah

8:17

H3908

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3908 matches the Hebrew לַחַשׁ (laḥaš),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - Surely H518 the serpent H5175 will bite H5391 without H3808 enchantment; H3908 and H369➔ a babbler H1167 H3956 is H3504➔ no ➔H369 better. ➔H3504

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 - The captain H8269 of fifty, H2572 and the honourable H5375 man, H6440 and the counsellor, H3289 and H2450➔ the H2791➔ cunning ➔H2450 artificer, ➔H2791 and the eloquent H995 orator. H3908

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:20 - The bonnets, H6287 and the ornaments of the legs, H6807 and the headbands, H7196 and the tablets, H1004 H5315 and the earrings, H3908

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 - LORD, H3068 in trouble H6862 have they visited thee, H6485 they poured out H6694 a prayer H3908 when thy chastening H4148 was upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - For, H3588 behold, I H2005 will send H7971 serpents, H5175 cockatrices, H6848 among you, which H834 will not H369 be charmed, H3908 and they shall bite H5391 you, H853 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
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