- Original: כּחשׁ - Transliteration: Kachash - Phonetic: kakh'-ash - Definition: 1. lying, deception 2. leanness, failure - Origin: from H3584 - TWOT entry: 975a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: A primitive root; to secrete by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy: - conceal cut down (off) desolate hide. - Strong's: From H3584 ; literally a failure of flesh that is emaciation; figuratively hypocrisy: - leanness lies lying. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • leanness, 1 Job 16:8 • lies, 4 Hosea 7:3; Hosea 10:13; Hosea 11:12; Nahum 3:1 • lying, 1 Psalm 59:12