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Lexicon :: Strong's H7185 - qāšâ

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קָשָׁה
Transliteration
qāšâ
Pronunciation
kaw-shaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2085

Strong’s Definitions

קָשָׁה qâshâh, kaw-shaw'; a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications):—be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H7185 in the following manner: harden (12x), hard (4x), stiffnecked (with H6203) (2x), grievous (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H7185 in the following manner: harden (12x), hard (4x), stiffnecked (with H6203) (2x), grievous (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be hard, be difficult

      2. to be hard, be severe

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be ill-treated

      2. to be hard pressed

    3. (Piel) to have severe labour (of women)

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to make difficult, make difficulty

      2. to make severe, make burdensome

      3. to make hard, make stiff, make stubborn

        1. of obstinacy (fig)

      4. to show stubbornness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָשָׁה qâshâh, kaw-shaw'; a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications):—be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
STRONGS H7185: Abbreviations
I. [קָשָׁה] verb be hard, severe, fierce (Late Hebrew קָשָׁה be severe; Arabic bdb090401 (bdb090402) be hard, dry, III. endure, struggle against, severity; Aramaic קְשָׁא, bdb090403 be hard, difficult; Jewish-Aramaic קְשִׁי, קַשְׁיָה adjective hard); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular קָֽשְׁתָה 1 Samuel 5:7, קָשָׁ֑תָה Genesis 49:7; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְשֶׁה Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 15:18, וַיִּ֫קֶשׁ 2 Samuel 19:44; —
1. be hard, difficult Deuteronomy 1:17 (of a legal case; מִן comparative).
2. be hard, severe, יָדוֺ ק׳ עָלֵינוּ 1 Samuel 5:7 (of י׳, in judgement); בְעֵינֶ֑ךָ יִק׳. Deuteronomy 15:18 it shall not be hard in thine eyes (seem a severe trial, an injustice); of wrath Genesis 49:7 (poem in J; || עָ֑ז); of fierce words 2 Samuel 19:44.
Niph. Participle נִקְשֶׁה Isaiah 8:21 hardly bestead, hard pressed.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ Genesis 35:16 (E) she made hard in her bearing (had severe labour).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִקְשָׁה Exodus 13:15 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיֶּקֶשׁ 2 Chronicles 36:13; 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּקְשׁוּ Jeremiah 7:26 +, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix בְּהַקְשֹׁתָהּ Genesis 35:17; Participle מַקְשֶׁה Proverbs 28:14; Proverbs 29:1; —
1. make difficult, difficulty: הִקְשָׁה לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ Exodus 13:15 Pharaoh made difficulty about sending us away; of travail Genesis 35:17 (E; as Pi.); הִקְשִׁיתָ לִשְׁאוֺל 2 Kings 2:10 thou hast made hard to ask, asked a hard thing.
2. make severe, burdensome, yoke imposed by king 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4.
3.
a. make hard, stiff, stubborn, figurative of obstinacy: אֶת־עָרְפָּם וַיַּקְשׁוּ 2 Kings 17:14 they stiffened their neck, so Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 19:15; Deuteronomy 10:16; 2 Chronicles 30:8; 36:13; Nehemiah 9:16, 17, 29; Proverbs 29:1; אַלתַּֿקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם Psalm 95:8, compare Proverbs 28:14; subject י׳, אַקְשֶׁה אֶתלֵֿב פ׳ Exodus 7:3 (P), accusative אֶתרֿוחוֺ Deuteronomy 2:30,
b. shew stubborness Job 9:4 (with אֶל person [י׳]).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 49:7; 49:7

Exodus

7:3; 13:15; 13:15

Deuteronomy

1:17; 1:17; 2:30; 10:16; 15:18; 15:18

1 Samuel

5:7; 5:7

1 Kings

12:4

2 Kings

2:10; 17:14

2 Chronicles

10:4; 30:8; 36:13; 36:13

Nehemiah

9:16; 9:17; 9:29

Job

9:4

Psalms

95:8

Proverbs

28:14; 28:14; 29:1; 29:1

Isaiah

8:21

Jeremiah

7:26; 7:26; 17:23; 19:15

H7185

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Strong's Number H7185 matches the Hebrew קָשָׁה (qāšâ),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, 'Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce, And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - 'And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who are males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - 'And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - 'It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - And the men of Ashdod see that it is so, and have said, 'The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, 'Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - 'Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light some of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - and he saith, 'Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - 'Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light somewhat of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - 'Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - 'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - Harden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 - O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - -- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to hear My words!'
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