חָרַשׁ
chârash(khaw-rash')
“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)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
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)
Translated in KJV as
[idiom] altogetherceaseconcealbe deafdeviseeargravenimagineleave off speakinghold peaceplow(-er, man)be quietrestpractise secretlykeep silencebe silentspeak not a wordbe stillhold tongueworker.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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