Lexicon :: Strong's H2013 - hāsâ

הָסָה
Transliteration
hāsâ
Pronunciation
haw-saw'
Part of Speech
interjection, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 511

Strong’s Definitions

הָסָה hâçâh, haw-saw'; a primitive root; to hush:—hold peace (tongue), (keep) silence, be silent, still.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2013 in the following manner: keep silence (3x), hold your peace (2x), hold your tongue 1 still (1x), silence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2013 in the following manner: keep silence (3x), hold your peace (2x), hold your tongue 1 still (1x), silence (1x).
interjection
  1. (Piel) hush, keep silence, be silent, hold peace, hold tongue, still

    verb
  2. (CLBL) to hush

    1. (Hiphil) to command to be silent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָסָה hâçâh, haw-saw'; a primitive root; to hush:—hold peace (tongue), (keep) silence, be silent, still.
STRONGS H2013: Abbreviations
הַס, הָ֑ס interjection hush! keep silence (probably onomatopoetic) Judges 3:19 and he said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king, וַיּאֹמֶר הָ֔ס and he said, Keep silence! Amos 6:10 וְאָמַר הָ֔ס (while burying men in a pestilence), Amos 8:3 (elliptical) in every place: הִשְׁלִיךְ הָֽס they cast them (the corpses) forth, (saying) Hush ! followed by י׳ מִפְּנֵי (מִפָּנָיו) Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7; Zechariah 2:17 [Zechariah 2:13]. Inflected, as though a verb, imperative plural הַ֔סּוּ Nehemiah 8:11 (Ges compares Arabic [= הֲלֹם] hither! inflected as an imperative, e.g. , : WAG i. § 368). Hence as denominative † Hiph. imperfect with apocope וַיַּ֫הַס Numbers 13:30 and Caleb stilled the people.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:30

Judges

3:19

Nehemiah

8:11

Amos

6:10; 8:3

Habakkuk

2:20

Zephaniah

1:7

Zechariah

2:13