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Lexicon :: Strong's H7185 - qāšâ

Aa
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 BoxExo 7:3 - And I H589 will harden H7185 Pharaoh's H6547 heart, H3820 and multiply H7235 my signs H226 and H853 my wonders H4159 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But H3808➔ Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 would H14 not ➔H3808 let us pass H5674 by him: for H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hardened H7185 his spirit, H7307 and made H553➔ his heart H3824 obstinate, ➔H553 that H4616 he might deliver him H5414 into thy hand, H3027 as appeareth H3117➔ this H2088 day. ➔H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - And H6030➔ the men H376 of Israel H3478 answered ➔H6030 the men H376 of Judah, H3063 and said, H559 We have H589 ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king, H4428 and H1571➔ we H589 have also more ➔H1571 right in David H1732 than ye: H4480 why then H4069 did ye despise us, H7043 that H3808➔ our advice H1697 should H1961➔ not ➔H3808 be ➔H1961 first H7223 had in bringing back H7725 our king? H4428 And H7185➔ the words H1697 of the men H376 of Judah H3063 were fiercer ➔ H7185 than the words H1697 of the men H376 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now H6258 be ye H7185➔ not H408 stiffnecked, ➔ H7185 H6203 as your fathers H1 were, but yield H5414 yourselves H3027 unto the LORD, H3068 and enter H935 into his sanctuary, H4720 which H834 he hath sanctified H6942 for ever: H5769 and serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 that H7725➔ the fierceness H2740 of his wrath H639 may turn away ➔H7725 from you. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And testifiedst H5749 against them, that thou mightest bring them again H7725 unto H413 thy law: H8451 yet they H1992 dealt proudly, H2102 and H3808➔ hearkened H8085 not ➔H3808 unto thy commandments, H4687 but H4941➔ sinned H2398 against thy judgments, ➔H4941 (which H834 if H6213➔ a man H120 do, ➔H6213 he shall live H2421 in them;) and withdrew H5414 the shoulder, H3802 and H6203➔ hardened H7185 their neck, ➔H6203 and H3808➔ would H8085➔ not ➔H3808 hear. ➔H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - He is wise H2450 in heart, H3824 and mighty H533 in strength: H3581 who H4310 hath hardened H7185 himself against him, H413 and hath prospered? H7999

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - He, H376 that being often reproved H8433 hardeneth H7185 his neck, H6203 shall H7665➔ suddenly H6621 be destroyed, ➔H7665 and that without H369 remedy. H4832

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they shall pass H5674 through it, hardly bestead H7185 and hungry: H7457 and it shall come to pass, H1961 that H7107➔ when H3588 they shall be hungry, H7456 they shall fret themselves, ➔H7107 and curse H7043 their king H4428 and their God, H430 and look H6437 upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - Yet H3808➔ they hearkened H8085 not ➔H3808 unto me, H413 nor H3808 inclined H5186 their ear, H241 but hardened H7185 their neck: H6203 they did worse H7489 than their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But H3808➔ they obeyed H8085 not, ➔H3808 neither H3808 inclined H5186 their ear, H241 but made H7185➔ their neck H6203 stiff, ➔ H7185 that H1115➔ they might H8085➔ not ➔H1115 hear, ➔H8085 nor H1115 receive H3947 instruction. H4148

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel; H3478 Behold, I H2005 will bring H935 upon H413 this H2063 city H5892 and upon H5921 all H3605 her towns H5892 all H3605 the evil H7451 that H834 I have pronounced H1696 against it, H5921 because H3588 they have hardened H7185 their necks, H6203 that H1115➔ they might H8085➔ not ➔H1115 hear ➔H8085 my words. H1697
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