Strong's Hebrew · H2795
חֵרֵשׁ
chêrêsh · khay-rashe'
deaf.
Definition
deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
Derivation
from H2790 (חָרַשׁ);
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.”
“Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.”
“On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.”
“Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.”
“Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?”
“Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!”
“And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?”
“You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.”
“Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).