King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3908
Transliteration: lachash
Phonetic Spelling: (lakh'-ash)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a whispering, charming
Meaning: a whisper, a private prayer, an incantation, an amulet
Word Summary
lachash: a whispering, charming
Original Word: לַחַשׁTransliteration: lachash
Phonetic Spelling: (lakh'-ash)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a whispering, charming
Meaning: a whisper, a private prayer, an incantation, an amulet
Strong's Concordance
charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer From lachash; properly, a whisper, i.e. By implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet -- charmed, earring, enchantment, orator, prayer.
see HEBREW lachash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3908. lachash
לַ֫חַשׁ noun [masculine] a whispering, charming; — ׳ל Isaiah 26:16; לָ֑חַשׁ Ecclesiastes 10:11; Isaiah 3:3; Jeremiah 8:17; plural לְחָשִׁים Isaiah 3:20. —
1 serpent-charming Ecclesiastes 10:11; לָ֑חַשׁ נְבוֺן Isaiah 3:3 (probably more General).
2 charms, amulets, worn by women, Isaiah 3:20.
3 whisper of prayer, לַחַשׁ צָקוּן Isaiah 26:16 they pour forth a whisper of prayer (but Koppe Bö Gr Di Du read לַחַשׁ צְקוֺן 'Zauberzwang,' compulsion of (by) magic).