What does כָּחַד (kāḥad) mean in the Bible?
כָּחַד (kāḥad): Concealment intensifies to destruction; hiding something away renders it desolate or eliminated
Hebrew · H3582
כָּחַד
To secrete , by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
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כָּחַד H3582
Pronunciation kāḥad
What does כָּחַד (kāḥad) mean in the Bible?
כָּחַד (kāḥad): Concealment intensifies to destruction; hiding something away renders it desolate or eliminated
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3582?
The BSB source-word alignment has 32 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hide (5), hidden (3), conceal (2), concealed (2), and he conceals (1).
Where does כָּחַד (kāḥad) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 47:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Job (7), Psalms (5), Zechariah (4), 1 Samuel (3).
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 hide 5× Genesis 47:18, 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 3:18, Psalms 78:4
hidden 3× Psalms 69:5, Psalms 139:15, Hosea 5:3
conceal 2× 2 Samuel 14:18, Job 27:11
concealed 2× Job 15:18, Psalms 40:10
and he conceals 1× Job 20:12
and I will annihilate them 1× Exodus 23:23
and the perishing 1× Zechariah 11:9
are destroyed 1× Job 22:20
been destroyed 1× Job 4:7
conceal it 1× Isaiah 3:9
denied 1× Job 6:10
hide [it] 1× Joshua 7:19
hide it 1× Jeremiah 38:25
hold 1× Jeremiah 50:2
I dismissed 1× Zechariah 11:8
in ruined 1× Job 15:28
is hidden 1× 2 Samuel 18:13
let us erase them 1× Psalms 83:4
perish 1× Zechariah 11:9
that led to its extermination 1× 1 Kings 13:34
the lost 1× Zechariah 11:16
to wipe you 1× Exodus 9:15
who annihilated 1× 2 Chronicles 32:21
you hide 1× 1 Samuel 3:17
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 47:18 נְכַחֵ֣ד to hide Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural Exodus 9:15 וַתִּכָּחֵ֖ד to to wipe you Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 23:23 וְהִכְחַדְתִּֽיו׃ to and I will annihilate them Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Joshua 7:19 תְּכַחֵ֖ד to hide [it] Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 1 Samuel 3:17 תְכַחֵ֖ד to hide Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 1 Samuel 3:17 תְּכַחֵ֤ד to you hide Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 1 Samuel 3:18 כִחֵ֖ד to hide Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 2 Samuel 14:18 תְכַחֲדִ֤י to conceal Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular 2 Samuel 18:13 יִכָּחֵ֣ד to is hidden Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1 Kings 13:34 וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ to that led to its extermination Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 47:18
Aligned rows 32
Books represented 13
Genesis 1 Exodus 2 Joshua 1 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 1 Job 7 Psalms 5 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 3 Hosea 1 Zechariah 4
Source forms
נִכְחַ֣ד 2x niḵ·ḥaḏ Job 22:20, Hosea 5:3
נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ 2x niḵ·ḥā·ḏū Job 4:7, Psalms 69:5
תְּכַחֵ֥ד 2x tə·ḵa·ḥêḏ Jeremiah 38:14, Jeremiah 38:25
אֲכַחֵֽד׃ 1x ’ă·ḵa·ḥêḏ Job 27:11
הַנִּכְחָד֤וֹת 1x han·niḵ·ḥā·ḏō·wṯ Zechariah 11:16
וָאַכְחִ֛ד 1x wā·’aḵ·ḥiḏ Zechariah 11:8
וְהִכְחַדְתִּֽיו׃ 1x wə·hiḵ·ḥaḏ·tîw Exodus 23:23
וְהַנִּכְחֶ֙דֶת֙ 1x wə·han·niḵ·ḥe·ḏeṯ Zechariah 11:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 5x Joshua 7:19, 1 Samuel 3:17, Jeremiah 38:14, Jeremiah 38:25
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 3x Job 22:20, Psalms 139:15, Hosea 5:3
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural 2x Job 4:7, Psalms 69:5
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural 2x Genesis 47:18, Psalms 78:4
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular 2x Job 6:10, Psalms 40:10
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural 2x Job 15:18, Isaiah 3:9
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural 1x Zechariah 11:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | third person masculine plural 1x Psalms 83:4
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Concealment intensifies to destruction; hiding something away renders it desolate or eliminated
Source Gloss
to secrete , by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Concealment intensifies to destruction; hiding something away renders it desolate or eliminated
to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy BDB: hide Usage: conceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 23
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 15×
Jussive 1Sam 3:17 · Jer 38:14 · Jer 38:25 · Josh 7:19 · 2Sam 14:18 · Jer 50:2 6×
Perfect Isa 3:9 · Job 15:18 · Job 6:10 · Ps 40:11 · 1Sam 3:18 5×
Imperfect Gen 47:18 · Ps 78:4 · 1Sam 3:17 · Job 27:11 4×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 8×
Perfect Hos 5:3 · Job 22:20 · Ps 139:15 · Job 4:7 · Ps 69:6 5×
Imperfect 2Sam 18:13 · Zech 11:9 2×
Participle active Job 15:28 1×
Word Origins
כָּחַד is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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