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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 BoxGen 35:16 - Then they journeyed H5265 from Bethel; H1008 and when there was still H5750 some H3530 distance H3530 H776 to go H935 to Ephrath, H672 Rachel H7354 began to give H3205 birth H3205 and she [fn]suffered H7185 severe H7185 labor. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - When she was in severe H7185 labor H3205 the midwife H3205 said H559 to her, “Do not fear, H3372 for now H1571 H2088 you have another son.” H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - “Cursed H779 be their anger, H639 for it is fierce; H5794
And their wrath, H5678 for it is cruel. H7185
I will [fn]disperse H2505 them in Jacob, H3290
And scatter H6327 them in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - “But I will harden H7185 Pharaoh’s H6547 heart H3820 that I may multiply H7235 My signs H226 and My wonders H4159 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘It came H1961 about, when H3588 Pharaoh H6547 was stubborn H7185 about letting H7971 us go, H7971 that the LORD H3068 killed H2026 every H3605 firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 both H4480 the firstborn H1060 of man H120 and the firstborn H1060 of beast. H929 Therefore, H5921 H3651 I sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 the males, H2145 the first H6363 [fn]offspring H6363 of every H3605 womb, H7358 but every H3605 firstborn H1060 of my sons H1121 I redeem.’ H6299

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - ‘You shall not show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 in judgment; H4941 you shall hear H8085 the small H6996 and the great H1419 alike. You shall not fear H1481 [fn]man, H376 for the judgment H4941 is God’s. H430 The case H1697 that is too H4480 hard H7185 for you, you shall bring H7126 to me, and I will hear H8085 it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 was not willing H14 for us to pass H5674 [fn]through his land; for the LORD H3068 your God H430 hardened H7185 his spirit H7307 and made H553 his heart H3824 obstinate, H553 in order H4616 to deliver H5414 him into your hand, H3027 as he is today. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - “So circumcise H4135 [fn]your heart, H3824 and stiffen H7185 your neck H6203 no H3808 longer. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “It shall not seem H7185 hard H7185 to you when you set H7971 him [fn]free, H2670 for he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with [fn]double H4932 the service H7939 of a hired H7916 man; H7916 so the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do. H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the men H376 of Ashdod H795 saw H7200 that it was so, H3651 they said, H559 “The ark H727 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 must not remain H3427 with us, for His hand H3027 is severe H7185 on us and on Dagon H1712 our god.” H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men H376 of Israel H3478 answered H6030 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and said, H559 “[fn]We have ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king, H4428 therefore [fn]we also H1571 have more H4480 claim on David H1732 than H4480 you. Why H4069 then did you treat H7043 us with contempt? H7043 Was it not [fn]our advice H1697 first H7223 to bring H7725 back H7725 [fn]our king?” H4428 Yet the words H1697 of the men H376 of Judah H3063 were harsher H7185 than H4480 the words H1697 of the men H376 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard; H7185 now H6258 therefore lighten H7043 the hard H7186 service H5656 of your father H1 and his heavy H3515 yoke H5923 which H834 he put H5414 on us, and we will serve H5647 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - He said, H559 “You have asked H7592 a hard H7185 thing. H7185 Nevertheless, if H518 you see H7200 me when I am taken H3947 from you, it shall be so H3651 for you; but if H518 not, it shall not be so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - However, they did not listen, H8085 but stiffened H7185 their neck H6203 [fn]like their fathers, H1 who H834 did not believe H539 in the LORD H3068 their God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard; H7185 now H6258 therefore lighten H7043 the hard H7186 service H5656 of your father H1 and his heavy H3515 yoke H5923 which H834 he put H5414 on us, and we will serve H5647 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now H6258 do not stiffen H7185 your neck H6203 like your fathers, H1 but [fn]yield H5414 H3027 to the LORD H3068 and enter H935 His sanctuary H4720 which H834 He has consecrated H6942 forever, H5769 and serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 that His burning H2740 anger H639 may turn H7725 away H7725 from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also H1571 rebelled H4775 against King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 who H834 had made him swear H7650 allegiance by God. H430 But he stiffened H7185 his neck H6203 and hardened H553 his heart H3824 against H4480 turning H7725 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But they, our fathers, H1 acted H2102 arrogantly; H2102
They [fn]became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and would not listen H8085 to Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - “They refused H3985 to listen, H8085
And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You had performed H6213 among H5973 them;
So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 [fn]in Egypt. H4714
But You are a God H433 of forgiveness, H5547
Gracious H2587 and compassionate, H7349
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in lovingkindness; H2617
And You did not forsake H5800 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your law. H8451
Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances, H4941
By which H834 if a man H120 observes H6213 them he shall live. H2421
And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck, H6203 and would not listen. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - “Wise H2450 in heart H3824 and mighty H533 in strength, H3581
Who H4310 has [fn]defied H7185 H413 Him [fn]without H7999 harm? H7999

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - Do not harden H7185 your hearts, H3824 as at [fn]Meribah, H4809
As in the day H3117 of [fn]Massah H4532 in the wilderness, H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 - How blessed H835 is the man H120 who fears H6342 always, H8548
But he who hardens H7185 his heart H3820 will fall H5307 into calamity. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A man H376 who hardens H7185 his neck H6203 after much reproof H8433
Will suddenly H6621 be broken H7665 [fn]beyond H369 remedy. H4832

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass H5674 through [fn]the land hard-pressed H7185 and famished, H7457 and it will turn H6437 out that when H3588 they are hungry, H7456 they will be enraged H7107 and curse H7043 [fn]their king H4428 and their God H430 as they face H6437 upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - “Yet they did not listen H8085 to Me or incline H5186 their ear, H241 but stiffened H7185 their neck; H6203 they did more H4480 evil H7489 than H4480 their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - “Yet they did not listen H8085 or incline H5186 their ears, H241 but stiffened H7185 their necks H6203 in order not to listen H8085 or take H3947 correction. H4148

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘Behold, H2009 I am about to bring H935 on this H2088 city H5892 and all H3605 its towns H5892 the entire H3605 calamity H7451 that I have declared H1696 against H5921 it, because H3588 they have stiffened H7185 their necks H6203 so as not to heed H8085 My words.’” H1697
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