H2820 חָשַׂךְ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 27 KJV occurrences
חָשַׂךְ
châsak · khaw-sak'
Definition
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
KJV Renderings
assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root; also interchangeable with H2821 (חָשַׁךְ)
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 27)
- Genesis 20:6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
- Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- 2 Kings 5:20¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- Job 16:6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
- Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Psalms 78:50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
- Proverbs 17:27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
- Isaiah 14:6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.