{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2814",
  "lemma": "חָשָׁה",
  "transliteration": "châshâh",
  "definition": "to hush or keep quiet",
  "kjv": "hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[חָשָׁה] vb. be silent, inactive, still (chiefly poet. and late)",
    "Qal be silent",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. exhibit silence, be silent",
    "2. shew inactivity",
    "3. causat. make still, quiet"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 18:9",
      "text": "They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/18?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:3",
      "text": "The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, and don’t take it out…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 2:3",
      "text": "The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 2:5",
      "text": "The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 7:9",
      "text": "Then they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/7?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 42:14",
      "text": "“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 57:11",
      "text": "“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 62:1",
      "text": "For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/62?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 62:6",
      "text": "I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on the LORD, take…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/62?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 64:11",
      "text": "Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=11"
    }
  ],
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