זָחַח
za.chach
to remove
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# זָחַח (Zachach): A Rare Hebrew Verb for Removal The Hebrew verb *zachach* appears only twice in the biblical text, making it one of the rarest verbs in the Hebrew scriptures. Its basic meaning is "to remove," indicating an action of taking something away or displacing it from its current position. The extreme rarity of this term limits our ability to determine whether it carries specialized connotations or whether it functions as a general synonym for removal alongside more common Hebrew verbs. With only two occurrences in the entire Bible, *zachach* leaves minimal evidence for understanding its precise usage patterns or semantic range. We cannot determine from the available data whether the word was falling out of use by the biblical period, whether it was specialized for particular contexts, or whether it was simply one option among several verbs meaning "to remove." The scarcity of attestation means that any analysis of this word's significance to biblical communication remains necessarily limited and based on incomplete information.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
Exodus 39:21They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.