חָשַׂךְ (cha.sakh) means “to withhold” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-sak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָשַׂךְ · cha.sakh · to withhold
1) to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, keep from, hold in check, refrain, spare, reserve 1a2) to restrain, check 1b) (Niphal) to assuage, be spared
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a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ) to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
KJV glosses: assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
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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 |
|---|---|
| hold back | 2 |
| withheld | 2 |
| and restrain | 1 |
| another withholds | 1 |
| but he who restrains | 1 |
| had restrained them | 1 |
| has restrained | 1 |
| has spared | 1 |
| have kept | 1 |
| have punished us | 1 |
| he has withheld | 1 |
| he who spares | 1 |
| hesitate | 1 |
| i hold in reserve | 1 |
| keep | 1 |
| man is spared | 1 |
| relieved | 1 |
| restrain | 1 |
| restrained | 1 |
| restrains | 1 |
| restraint | 1 |
| spare | 1 |
| to preserve | 1 |
| will be darkened | 1 |
| would bring relief | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| spare | 2 |
| withheld | 2 |
| and hath kept | 1 |
| and spareth | 1 |
| but he that refraineth | 1 |
| for i also withheld | 1 |
| from me and spare | 1 |
| hast punished | 1 |
| hath he kept back | 1 |
| hath spared | 1 |
| he keepeth back | 1 |
| he spared | 1 |
| he that spareth | 1 |
| held back | 1 |
| hindereth | 1 |
| if thou forbear | 1 |
| is not asswaged | 1 |
| is reserved | 1 |
| keep back | 1 |
| shall be darkened | 1 |
| should asswage | 1 |
| spareth | 1 |
| that withholdeth | 1 |
| therefore i will not refrain | 1 |
| they have not refrained | 1 |
| which i have reserved | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 28 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Read word by word“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
Read word by wordsaying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
Read word by wordNo one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
Read word by wordOn hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
Read word by wordThen Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
Read word by wordGehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Read word by wordAfter all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
Read word by wordTherefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read word by wordBut I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
Read word by wordEven if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Read word by wordIndeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Read word by wordThey abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Read word by wordto preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Read word by wordwhich I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
Read word by wordKeep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.14
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
Read word by wordWhen words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Read word by wordOne gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Read word by wordHe who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Read word by wordA man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
Read word by wordAll day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
Read word by wordRescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
Read word by wordIt struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
Read word by word“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
Read word by word“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”
Read word by wordThe day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
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