Lexical Definition

‎כַּחַשׁ‎ kachash (kakh'-ash) lie ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּחַשׁ‎

leanness, lies, lying.

• literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation
• figuratively, hypocrisy

1) lying, deception
2) leanness, failure

See Greek: ψευδής · ψεῦδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כַּ֫חַשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Job 16:8}

1. lying.

2. leanness; — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Hos 12:1* + 2 t.; ‎כָּ֑חַשׁ‎ Hos 10:13 suffix ‎כַּחֲשִׁי‎ Job 16:8 plural suffix ‎כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם‎ Hos 7:3 —

1. lying, ‎אֲכַלְתֶּם‎ ‎׳‎‎פְּרִי כ‎ Hos 10:13 ye have eaten the fruit of lying; Hos 7:3 (|| ‎רָעָה‎), Hos 12:1* of Nineveh, ‎פֶּרֶק מְלֵאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Nah 3:1 of lying (and) robbery it is full; Ps 59:13* (|| ‎אָלָה‎).

2. of Job's affliction Job 16:8 my leanness hath risen up against me (compare Ps 109:24 ᵑ7 J Gen 41:27; Eccl 12:5 Talmud ‎כחשׁא‎; > my lying, i.e. my affliction regarded as a lying witness, Di Buhl and others)

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