# H2791 חֶרֶשׁ

חֶרֶשׁ (cheresh), Strong’s H2791: magical craft; also silence KJV: cunning, secretly.. Occurs 3 times.

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*cheresh* — magical craft; also silence

KJV: cunning, secretly.

Derived from [חָרַשׁ chârash](https://besorah.bible/word/H2790) (to scratch)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [חֶ֫רֶשׁ] n.[m.] magic art, or perh. magic drug—only Is 3:3 skilled in magic arts, or drugs
- חֶ֫רֶשׁ n.[m.]
- חֶ֫רֶשׁ n.[m.] as adv. silently, secretly—Jos 2:1 (J E) exploring secretly.

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 2:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/2?v=1) — Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.”…
- [Isaiah 3:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/3?v=3) — the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
- [Nehemiah 11:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=35) — Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.