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הַזְּרֹועַ , cf. b ); in Ho 7:9 fig. of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce ( v. 5 infr .) d. power opp. to that of God Am 2:14 Is 10:13 ( כ׳ יָדִי ), Dt 8:17 1 S 2:9 Zc 4:6 Jb 36:19 ψ 33:16 . e. power conferred by God Is 40:29 , cf. v 3 1; 41:1 ; of prophetic power Mi 3:8 . 2. strength of angels ψ 103:20 .
3. power of God: in creation Je 10:12 ; 51:51 (see also 32:17 infr .); ψ 65:7 ; in governig the world 1 Ch 29:12 2 Ch 20:6 ψ 29:4 ; in acts of deliverance and judgment Ex 9:16 ; 15:6 ; 32:11 Nu 14:1 3, 17 (JE), Is 50:2 2 Ch 25:8 Jb 9:1 9; 24:22 ; 26:12 ; 30:18 ; 36:22 ; in combin. כֹּחַ גָּדֹול Dt 4:3 7; || חֲזָקָה יָד Ex 32:11 (JE), Ne 1:10 ; || זְרֹועַ נְטוּיָה Dt 9:29 2 K 17:36 Je 27: 5; 32:17 ; he is רַב־כֹּחַ ψ 147:5 , cf. רֹב כֹּחֹו Is 63:1 Jb 23: 6; also גדול־כֹּחַ Na 1: 3; אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ Is 40:26 Jb 9: 4, שַׂגִּיא־כֹחַ 37:2 3; כֹּחַ מַעֲשָׂיו ψ 116:6 the power of his works; קֹול י׳ בַּכֹּחַ ψ 29:4 (of thunder); specif. of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב Jb 36:5 mighty in strength of mind . 4. of animals: wild ox Jb 39:11 , horse v 2 1, hippopot. 40:16 , bullock Pr 14:4 ; he-goat Dn 8:6 , ram v 7. 5. strength , of soil i.e. produce , Gn 4:12
( J ), Jb 31:39 ; ( Ho 7:9 v. 1. c supr .); = wealth ( cf. חַיִל Pr 5:10 Jb 6:2 2.

•[כָּחַל S 3583 TWOT 974 GK 3949 ] vb. paint (eyes) (NH id.; Aramaic כְּחַל, ܟܚܰܠ ( kḥal ); Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( kʷaḥala ) Arabic كَحَلَ ( kaḥala ) ) Qal Pf. in רָחַצְתְּ כָּחַלְתְּ עֵינַיִךְ וגו׳ Ez 23:40 ( Co reads 3 pl. );— v. also פּוּךְ .

כָּחַשׁ S 3584 TWOT 975 GK 3950 vb. be disappointing, deceive, fail, grow lean ( NH כָּחַשׁ grow lean; Hiph. convict of falsehood, refute; Aramaic כְּחַשׁ grow lean; כַּחְשָׁא leanness , כְּחִישׁוּתָא leanness, weakness; Aph. as NH Hiph. ) Qal Pf. 3 ms. וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּׁ˜מֶן ψ 109:24 my hath grown lean (away) from fatness ( || בִּרְכַּי כָּֽשְׁלוּ מִצֹּום ). Niph. Impf. וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ לָךְ Dt 33:29 thine enemies shall cringe (come cringing, i.e. orig. act deceptively, feigning obedience ) to thee ( cf. also Pi 3, Hithp. )

Pi. Pf. 3 ms. כִּחֵשׁ 1 K 13:18 Hb 3:1 7; וְכִ˜חֶשׁ consec. (bef. monosyll.) Lv 5:22 Jb 8:1 8, etc.; Impf. ( בָּהּ ) יְכַ˜חֶשׁ Ho 9: 2; 3 fs. וַתְּכַחֵשׁ Gn 18:1 5, etc.; inf. abs. כַּחֵשׁ Ho 4:2 Is 59:1 3; cstr. Zc 13: 4;— 6. deceive , abs. Gn 18:15 ( J ), Jos 7:11 (JE), Ho 4:2 ( אלה וכחשׁ together = false swearing according to We Kl. Pr.; + וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹ˜ף ), cf. תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתֹו לֹא תִגְנֹ˜בוּ וְלֹא־ Lv 19:11 ( H ); לְמַעַן כ׳ Zc 13:4 in order


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