חָשַׂךְ
châsak(khaw-sak')
“to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Translated in KJV as
assuage[idiom] darkenforbearhinderhold backkeep (back)punishrefrainreservesparewithhold.
Etymology
a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ)
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“Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their…”