חָרַשׁ (cha.rash) means “to plow/plot” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-rash' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָרַשׁ · cha.rash · to plow/plot
1) to cut in, plough, engrave, devise 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in, engrave 1a2) to plough 1a3) to devise 1b) (Niphal) to be ploughed 1c) (Hiphil) to plot evil
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חָרֵשׁ · cha.resh · be quiet
1) to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be deaf 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to be silent, keep quiet 1b2) to make silent 1b3) to be deaf, show deafness 1c) (Hithpael) to remain silent
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a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV glosses: [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| be silent | 5 |
| be quiet | 3 |
| plow | 3 |
| but says nothing | 2 |
| plowed | 2 |
| says nothing | 2 |
| silent | 2 |
| will be plowed | 2 |
| and i kept silent | 1 |
| and others to plow | 1 |
| be deaf | 1 |
| but the people remained silent | 1 |
| but they remained silent | 1 |
| but those who plan | 1 |
| deaf | 1 |
| does one plow the sea | 1 |
| does the plowman | 1 |
| engraved | 1 |
| evil | 1 |
| he devises | 1 |
| he said nothing | 1 |
| he will quiet you | 1 |
| i have remained quiet | 1 |
| i kept silent | 1 |
| i will be silent | 1 |
| i would have remained silent | 1 |
| if he keeps silent | 1 |
| keep silent | 1 |
| need only to be still | 1 |
| of those who devise | 1 |
| plowing | 1 |
| remained silent | 1 |
| remained silent about it | 1 |
| remains silent | 1 |
| say nothing | 1 |
| silent about it | 1 |
| silently | 1 |
| so they said no more | 1 |
| speechless | 1 |
| stop | 1 |
| that devises | 1 |
| the plowmen | 1 |
| they were quiet | 1 |
| those who contrive | 1 |
| those who plow | 1 |
| to silence | 1 |
| was plotting | 1 |
| was plowing | 1 |
| when the plowman | 1 |
| why are you silent | 1 |
| will be silent | 1 |
| will become deaf | 1 |
| will plow | 1 |
| you have plowed | 1 |
| you remain silent | 1 |
| you would remain silent | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| hold not thy peace | 3 |
| and held his peace | 2 |
| hold your peace | 2 |
| plow | 2 |
| unto me hold thy peace | 2 |
| a worker | 1 |
| altogether | 1 |
| and i kept silence | 1 |
| and shall not keep silence | 1 |
| and were quiet | 1 |
| at her held his peace | 1 |
| be plowed | 1 |
| been with thee but hold now thy peace | 1 |
| but he held his peace | 1 |
| but they held their peace | 1 |
| cease | 1 |
| devise | 1 |
| doth the plowman | 1 |
| for if thou altogether | 1 |
| for you and ye shall hold your peace | 1 |
| graven | 1 |
| he deviseth | 1 |
| he will rest | 1 |
| held his peace | 1 |
| held their peace | 1 |
| hold his peace | 1 |
| hold their peace | 1 |
| holdest thy peace | 1 |
| holdest thy tongue | 1 |
| holdeth his peace | 1 |
| i had held my tongue | 1 |
| i have been still | 1 |
| i will not conceal | 1 |
| in me i cannot hold my peace | 1 |
| keep not silence | 1 |
| keep silence | 1 |
| make | 1 |
| me and i will hold my tongue | 1 |
| now therefore why speak | 1 |
| of them that imagine | 1 |
| plowed | 1 |
| plowing | 1 |
| secretly practised | 1 |
| shall be deaf | 1 |
| shall be plowed | 1 |
| shall hold his peace | 1 |
| shall plow | 1 |
| so they left off speaking | 1 |
| that devise | 1 |
| that deviseth | 1 |
| that the plowman | 1 |
| the plowers | 1 |
| them because he held his peace | 1 |
| they that plow | 1 |
| thou be silent | 1 |
| thou shalt not plow | 1 |
| to ear | 1 |
| to them that devise | 1 |
| unto him hold thy peace | 1 |
| unto us then held they their peace | 1 |
| were plowing | 1 |
| when he holdeth his peace | 1 |
| when i kept silence | 1 |
| will not plow | 1 |
| with me for now if i hold my tongue | 1 |
| ye had not plowed | 1 |
| ye have plowed | 1 |
| ye would altogether | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 67 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Read word by wordDoes the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
Read word by wordBut the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
Read word by word“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
Read word by word“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
Read word by wordMy anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
Read word by word“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
Read word by word“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Read word by wordWhen all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
Read word by wordEphraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Read word by wordYou have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
Read word by word“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
Read word by word“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
Read word by wordTherefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Read word by wordNations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
Read word by wordYour eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
Read word by wordThe LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
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