What does חֵרֵשׁ (ḥērēš) mean in the Bible?
חֵרֵשׁ (ḥērēš): Deafness ranges from physical inability to hear through spiritual refusal to listen—often covenantal disobedience in prophetic contexts
Hebrew · H2795
חֵרֵשׁ
Deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
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חֵרֵשׁ H2795
Pronunciation ḥērēš
What does חֵרֵשׁ (ḥērēš) mean in the Bible?
חֵרֵשׁ (ḥērēš): Deafness ranges from physical inability to hear through spiritual refusal to listen—often covenantal disobedience in prophetic contexts
Full entry for חֵרֵשׁ (H2795) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2795?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the deaf (3), but are deaf (1), But like a deaf man (1), of the deaf (1), or deaf (1).
Where does חֵרֵשׁ (ḥērēš) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 4:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (5), Psalms (2), Exodus (1), Leviticus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the deaf 3× Exodus 4:11, Leviticus 19:14, Isaiah 29:18
but are deaf 1× Isaiah 43:8
But like a deaf man 1× Psalms 38:13
of the deaf 1× Isaiah 35:5
or deaf 1× Isaiah 42:19
that shuts 1× Psalms 58:4
you deaf [ones] 1× Isaiah 42:18
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 4:11 חֵרֵ֔שׁ to the deaf Adjective - masculine singular Leviticus 19:14 חֵרֵ֔שׁ to the deaf Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 38:13 כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ to But like a deaf man Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 58:4 חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ to that shuts Adjective - masculine singular Isaiah 29:18 הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים to the deaf Article | Adjective - masculine plural Isaiah 35:5 חֵרְשִׁ֖ים to of the deaf Adjective - masculine plural Isaiah 42:18 הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים to you deaf [ones] Article | Adjective - masculine plural Isaiah 42:19 וְחֵרֵ֖שׁ to or deaf Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Isaiah 43:8 וְחֵרְשִׁ֖ים to but are deaf Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 4:11
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Exodus 1 Leviticus 1 Psalms 2 Isaiah 5
Source forms
הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים 2x ha·ḥê·rə·šîm Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 42:18
חֵרֵ֔שׁ 2x ḥê·rêš Exodus 4:11, Leviticus 19:14
וְחֵרֵ֖שׁ 1x wə·ḥê·rêš Isaiah 42:19
וְחֵרְשִׁ֖ים 1x wə·ḥê·rə·šîm Isaiah 43:8
חֵ֝רֵ֗שׁ 1x ḥê·rêš Psalms 58:4
חֵרְשִׁ֖ים 1x ḥê·rə·šîm Isaiah 35:5
כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ 1x ḵə·ḥê·rêš Psalms 38:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular 3x Exodus 4:11, Leviticus 19:14, Psalms 58:4
Article | Adjective - masculine plural 2x Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 42:18
Adjective - masculine plural 1x Isaiah 35:5
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural 1x Isaiah 43:8
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 42:19
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular 1x Psalms 38:13
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Deafness ranges from physical inability to hear through spiritual refusal to listen—often covenantal disobedience in prophetic contexts
Source Gloss
deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Deafness ranges from physical inability to hear through spiritual refusal to listen—often covenantal disobedience in prophetic contexts
deaf (whether literally or spiritual) BDB: deaf Usage: deaf.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Spiritual deafness, inability to hear God's message and warnings
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain