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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - They traveled from Beit-El. There was still some distance to come to Efrat, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - It happened that, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Ya`akov, Scatter them in Yisra'el.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - I will harden Par`oh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Mitzrayim.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - and it happened, when Par`oh would hardly let us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Mitzrayim, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sichon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and the LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Yisra'el shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon our god.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - The men of Yisra'el answered the men of Yehudah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Yehudah were fiercer than the words of the men of Yisra'el.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - He said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against king Nevukhadnetztzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and didn't listen to your mitzvot,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and didn't forsake them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your mitzvot, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - Don't harden your heart, as at Merivah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 - Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck Will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall happen that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.
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