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 מִשָּׁמֶן 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; וְכִחֶשׁ consec. (bef. monosyll.) Lv 5:22 Jb 8:1 8, etc.; Impf. ( בָּהּ ) יְכַחֶשׁ 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 וְנָאֹף ), cf. תְכַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְשַׁקְּרוּ אִישׁ בַּעֲמִיתֹו לֹא תִגְנֹבוּ וְלֹא־ Lv 19:11 ( H ); לְמַעַן כ׳ Zc 13:4 in order