Lexical Definition

‎כָּחַד‎ kâchad (kaw-khad') to hide ^H:V
a primitive root

conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.

• to secrete, by act or word
• hence (intensively) to destroy

1) to hide, conceal, cut off, cut down, make desolate, kick
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be hidden
1a2) to be effaced, be destroyed, be cut off
1b) (Piel) to cover, hide
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to hide
1c2) to efface, annihilate

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[‎כָּחַד‎] verb not in Qal; Pi`el Hiph`il hide, efface; Niph`al (usually) passive (Aramaic ‎אתכחדו‎ be effaced Job 4:7 is revere, Participle venerable, Pa`el put to shame, Ethpa`al be ashamed; Ethiopic deny, apostatize) —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִכְחַד‎ Hos 5:3 + 2 t.; 3 plural ‎נִכְחָ֑דוּ‎ Job 4:7; Ps 69:6* Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִכָּחֵד‎ 2Sam 18:13, etc.; Participle ‎נִכְחֶדֶת‎ Zech 11:9 plural ‎נִכְחָדוֺת‎ Zech 11:16; Job 15:28 —

1. be hidden, followed by ‎מִן‎ person, 2Sam 18:13; Hos 5:3; Ps 69:6*; Ps 139:15.

2. be effected, destroyed Zech 11:9; Job 4:7; Job 15:28 (‎עָרִים נִכְחְדוֺת‎), Job 22:20, followed by ‎מִןֿ‎ ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ Exod 9:15 (J); Participle intransitive of incomplete process = going to ruin Zech 11:9; Zech 11:16. Pi`el Perfect ‎כִּחֵד‎ 1Sam 3:18 1 singular ‎כִּחַדְתִּי‎ Job 6:10; Ps 40:11* 3 plural ‎כִּחֲדוּ‎ Job 15:18 ‎כִּחֵ֑דוּ‎ Isa 3:9 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תְּכַחֵד‎ Josh 7:19 + 4 t.; 2 feminine singular ‎תְּכַחֲדִי‎ 2Sam 14:18 1 singular ‎אֲכַחֵד‎ Job 27:11 2 masculine plural ‎תְּכַחֵ֑דוּ‎ Jer 50:2 1 plural ‎נְכַחֵד‎ Gen 47:18; Ps 78:4 — hide, followed by ‎מִן‎ person Gen 47:18 (J), Josh 7:19 (JE), 1Sam 3:17 (twice in verse); 1Sam 3:18; 2Sam 14:18; Jer 38:14; Jer 38:25; Ps 78:4 followed by ‎לְ‎ person Ps 40:11* conceal toward, with reference to, i.e. from; without preposition Isa 3:9; Jer 50:2; Job 15:18; Job 27:11 = disown Job 6:10. Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular consecutive suffix ‎וְהִכְחַדְתִּיו‎ Exod 23:23 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיַּכְחֵד‎ 2Chr 32:21, suffix ‎יַכְחִידֶנָּה‎ Job 20:12 1 singular ‎וָאַכְחִד‎ Zech 11:8 1 plural suffix ‎וְנַכְחִידֵם‎ Ps 83:5* Infinitive construct ‎לְהַכְחִיד‎ 1Kgs 13:34 —

1. hide, in figure ‎יַכְחִידֶנָּה‎ ‎תַּחַת לְשֹׁנוֺ‎ Job 20:12 (object wickedness).

2. efface, annihilate Exod 23:23 (E), 1Kgs 13:34 (|| ‎הַשְׁמִיד‎), Zech 11:8; 2Chr 32:21 followed by ‎מִגּוֺי‎ Ps 83:5*, i.e. from being (so that they be not) a nation.

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