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Lexicon :: Strong's H3543 - kāhâ

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כָּהָה
Transliteration
kāhâ
Pronunciation
kaw-haw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 957

Strong’s Definitions

כָּהָה kâhâh, kaw-haw'; a primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull:—darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3543 in the following manner: dim (3x), fail (1x), faint (1x), darkened (1x), utterly (1x), restrained (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3543 in the following manner: dim (3x), fail (1x), faint (1x), darkened (1x), utterly (1x), restrained (1x).

  1. to grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail

    1. (Qal) to grow dim, grow faint

    2. (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּהָה kâhâh, kaw-haw'; a primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull:—darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, × utterly.
STRONGS H3543: Abbreviations
I. [כָּהָה] verb be or grow dim, faint (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּהָא; compare Arabic bdb046205 be bdb046206, i.e. weak, cowardly) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular כָּֽהֲתָה Deuteronomy 34:7; Imperfect יִכְהֶה Isaiah 42:4; 3rd person feminine singular תִּכְהֶה Zechariah 11:17; וַתֵּ֫כַהּ Job 17:7; וַתִּכְהֶיןָ Genesis 27:1; Infinitive absolute כָּהֹה Zechariah 11:17; — grow dim, of eye Genesis 27:1 (J), Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 17:7; of violent putting out of eye Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); he shall not grow dim Isaiah 42:4, of servant of י׳ under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or grow faint (compare Di).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְכִהֲתָה consecutive Ezekiel 21:12 (subject כָּלרֿוּחַ; || וְנָמֵס כָּללֵֿב) grow faint (Pi. intransitive, Ges§ 52 k, Köi. 187; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה).

II. [כָּהָה] verb Pi. rebuke (Syriac bdb046207, Mandean כהא (NöM. 72) id.), only 1 Samuel 3:13 followed by בְּ, וְלֹא כִהָה בָּם.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:1; 27:1

Deuteronomy

34:7; 34:7

1 Samuel

3:13

Job

17:7; 17:7

Isaiah

42:4; 42:4

Ezekiel

21:12

Zechariah

11:17; 11:17; 11:17

H3543

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3543 matches the Hebrew כָּהָה (kāhâ),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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