כַּחַשׁ kachash

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: leanness, lies, lying.

Derivation: from H3584 (כָּחַשׁ);

Where it is used

• Job 16:8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
• Psalms 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
• Hosea 7:3 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
• Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
• Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
• Nahum 3:1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.