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Lexicon :: Strong's H3543 - kāhâ

Aa
כָּהָה
Transliteration
kāhâ
Pronunciation
kaw-haw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - And Moses at his death was a hundred and twenty years old: his eye had not become clouded, or his natural force become feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 - His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
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