Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to hush or keep quiet
KJV Usage: hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָשָׁה (cha.shah) — be silent. 1) to be silent, quiet, still, inactive 1a) (Qal) to be silent, be still 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to be silent, exhibit silence 1b2) to show inactivity, be inactive 1b3) to make silent, make quiet, cause to be still
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Non-Speak | Non-Engage | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ אלם · אפק · דֳּמִי · דְּמָמָה · חרשׁ · שׁקט
to be silent, to keep silent = action by which humans or deities refrain from speaking, expressing themselves, or acting in response
JDG 18:9 · 1KI 22:3 · 2KI 2:3 · 2KI 2:5 · 2KI 7:9 · PSA 28:1 · PSA 39:3 · PSA 107:29 · ECC 3:7 · ISA 42:14 · ISA 57:11 · ISA 62:1 · ISA 62:6 · ISA 64:11 · ISA 65:6
Non-Speak | verb hif
to cause to be silent, to silence = causative action by which humans cause other humans to refrain from speaking or expressing themselves
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָשָׁה] vb. be silent, inactive, still (chiefly poet. and late) Qal be silent
Hiph. exhibit silence, be silent
shew inactivity
causat. make still, quiet
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