Strong’s
H3908Noun, masculine5 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Ecclesiastes 10:11לָחַשׁ
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
- Isaiah 3:3לָחַשׁ
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
- Jeremiah 8:17לָחַשׁ
“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
לַ֫חַשׁ n.[m.] a whispering, charming
1. serpent-charming
2. charms, amulets, worn by women
3. whisper of prayer
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.