# כַּחַשׁ (kachash)

Israeli respelling: ka-chash. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3585. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

literally a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy

King James renderings: leanness, lies, lying.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kachash-h3585

## Occurrences

- [Job 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/8) — And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
- [Psalms 59:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/59/12) — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
- [Hosea 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/7/3) — They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
- [Hosea 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/13) — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude…
- [Hosea 11:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/11/12) — Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
- [Nahum 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/1) — Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;