# חָשַׂךְ (chasakh)

Israeli respelling: cha-sakh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2820. 27 Old Testament occurrences.

to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe

King James renderings: assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chasakh-h2820

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 20:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/6) — And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning aga…
- [Genesis 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/12) — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast no…
- [Genesis 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/22/16) — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- [Genesis 39:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/39/9) — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I…
- [1 Samuel 25:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/39) — And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal,…
- [2 Samuel 18:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/18/16) — And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
- [2 Kings 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/20) — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands tha…
- [Ezra 9:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/13) — And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our…
- [Job 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/11) — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- [Job 16:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/5) — But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
- [Job 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/6) — Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
- [Job 21:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/30) — That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
- [Job 30:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/10) — They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
- [Job 33:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/18) — He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- [Job 38:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/23) — Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
- [Psalms 19:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/13) — Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent fro…
- [Psalms 78:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/50) — He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
- [Proverbs 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/19) — In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
- [Proverbs 11:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/24) — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
- [Proverbs 13:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/24) — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- [Proverbs 17:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/27) — He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
- [Proverbs 21:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/26) — He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
- [Proverbs 24:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/11) — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
- [Isaiah 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/6) — He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
- [Isaiah 54:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/2) — Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen…
- [Isaiah 58:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/1) — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
- [Jeremiah 14:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/10) — Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accep…