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Lexicon :: Strong's H7186 - qāšê

Aa
קָשֶׁה
Transliteration
qāšê
Pronunciation
kaw-sheh'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2085a

Strong’s Definitions

קָשֶׁה qâsheh, kaw-sheh'; from H7185; severe (in various applications):—churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, in trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H7186 in the following manner: stiffnecked (with H6203) (6x), hard (5x), roughly (5x), cruel (3x), grievous (3x), sore (2x), churlish (1x), hardhearted (1x), heavy (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H7186 in the following manner: stiffnecked (with H6203) (6x), hard (5x), roughly (5x), cruel (3x), grievous (3x), sore (2x), churlish (1x), hardhearted (1x), heavy (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. hard, cruel, severe, obstinate

    1. hard, difficult

    2. severe

    3. fierce, intense, vehement

    4. stubborn, stiff of neck, stiff-necked

    5. rigorous (of battle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָשֶׁה qâsheh, kaw-sheh'; from H7185; severe (in various applications):—churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, in trouble.
STRONGS H7186: Abbreviations
† קָשֶׁה adjective hard, severe; — absolute ק׳ Exodus 18:26 +; construct Exodus 32:9 +; feminine singular קָשָׁה Deuteronomy 26:6 +; construct קְשַׁת 1 Samuel 1:15; masculine plural קָשִׁים 2 Samuel 3:39; construct קְשֵׁי Ezekiel 2:4; Ezekiel 3:7; feminine plural קָשׁוֺת Genesis 42:7, 30; —
1. hard, difficult, of a legal question (דָּבָר) Exodus 18:26 (E).
2.
a. severe, of battle 2 Samuel 2:17, wind Isaiah 27:8, servitude (עֲבֹדָה) 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Deuteronomy 26:6; Isaiah 14:3; Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9 (both P); as collective noun הִרְאִיתָ עַמְּךָ קָשָׁה Psalm 60:5 thou hast made thy people see severe things; קְשֵׁה יוֺם Job 30:25 i.e. one whose time (life) is hard, so 1 Samuel 1:15 (reading קְשַׁת יוֺם for רוּחַ ק׳, Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and others); severe, rough, of lord (אֲדֹנִים) Isaiah 19:4, compare 2 Samuel 3:39 (with מִן compare [מִמֶּנּוּ ? see HPS]); הָלוֺח וְקָשָׁה עַלֿ Judges 4:24 the hand of the sons of Israel went on being more and more severe upon Jabin; fierce, relentless, of י׳'s sword Isaiah 27:1 (in figurative); rough, rude 1 Samuel 25:3; severe things, of language Genesis 42:7, 30 (E; with דִּדֶּר), 1 Samuel 20:10; 1 Kings 12:13 2 Chronicles 10:13 (all with עָנָה); וְאָנֹכִי שָׁלוּחַ אֵלַיִח קָשָׁה 1 Kings 14:6 I am commissioned with a severe (message) unto thee (Ges§ 121 d. N. 2 DaSynt. §§ 75 (d), 80); חָזוּת קָשָׁה Isaiah 21:2.
b. fierce, intense, vehement, of קִנְאָה Songs 8:6 (|| עַזָּה; compare Genesis 49:9).
3. עַםקְֿשֵׁהעֹֿרֶף a people stiff of neck, stubborn, Exodus 32:9; Exodus 33:3, 5; Exodus 34:9 (all J E), Deuteronomy 9:6, 13; הַקָּשֶׁה עָרְפְּךָ Deuteronomy 31:27; compare דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Judges 2:19; קְשֵׁי פָנִים Ezekiel 2:4 (+ חִזְקֵילֵֿב), קְשֵׁאלֵֿב Ezekiel 3:7 (+ חִזְקֵימְֿצַח); ק׳ alone = stubborn Isaiah 48:4.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:7; 42:7; 42:30; 42:30; 49:9

Exodus

1:14; 6:9; 18:26; 18:26; 32:9; 32:9; 33:3; 33:5; 34:9

Deuteronomy

9:6; 9:13; 26:6; 26:6; 31:27

Judges

2:19; 4:24

1 Samuel

1:15; 1:15; 20:10; 25:3

2 Samuel

2:17; 3:39; 3:39

1 Kings

12:4; 12:13; 14:6

2 Chronicles

10:4; 10:13

Job

30:25

Psalms

60:5

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

14:3; 19:4; 21:2; 27:1; 27:8; 48:4

Ezekiel

2:4; 2:4; 3:7; 3:7

H7186

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Strong's Number H7186 matches the Hebrew קָשֶׁה (qāšê),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - “The man H376, the lord H113 of the land H776, spoke H1696 harshly H7186 with us, and took H5414 us for spies H7270 of the country H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made H4843 their lives H2416 bitter H4843 with hard H7186 labor H5656 in mortar H2563 and bricks H3843 and at all H3605 kinds of labor H5656 in the field H7704, all H3605 their labors H5656 which H834 they violently H6531 had them perform H5647 as H5647 slaves H5647.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses H4872 said H1696 this H3651 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, but they did not listen H8085 to Moses H4872 on H4480 account H4480 of H4480 their [fn]despondency H7115 H7307 and cruel H7186 bondage H5656.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - Then they judged H8199 the people H5971 at all H3605 times H6256; they would bring H935 the difficult H7186 matter H1697 to Moses H4872, but they would judge H8199 every H3605 minor H6996 matter H1697 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “I have seen H7200 this H2088 people H5971, and behold H2009, they are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - “Go up to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706; for I will not go H5927 up H5927 in your midst H7130, because H3588 you are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971, and I might H6435 destroy H3615 you on the way H1870.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD H3068 had said H559 to Moses H4872, “Say H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘You are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971; if I [fn]were to go H5927 up H5927 in your midst H7130 for just one H259 moment H7281, I would destroy H3615 you. So now H6258, take H3381 off H3381 your [fn]jewelry H5716 that I may know H3045 what H4100 I shall do H6213 to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - Then he said H559, “If H518 in any H4994 way H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in Your sight H5869, Lord H136, please H4994 may the Lord H136 go H1980 along in our midst H7130, even H3588 though H3588 [fn]the people H5971 are so obstinate H7186 H6203, and pardon H5545 our wrongdoing H5771 and our sin H2403, and take H5157 us as H5157 Your own [fn]possession H5157.”

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“Know H3045, then, that it is not because of your righteousness H6666 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you this H2088 good H2896 land H776 to possess H3423, for you are a [fn]stubborn H7186 H6203 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - “The LORD H3068 also said H559 to [fn]me, ‘I have seen H7200 this H2088 people H5971, and indeed H2009, it is a [fn]stubborn H7186 H6203 people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘And the Egyptians H4713 treated H7489 us badly H7489 and oppressed H6031 us, and imposed H5414 hard H7186 labor H5656 on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - “For I know H3045 your rebellion H4805 and your [fn]stubbornness H7186 H6203; behold H2005, as long H5750 as I have been alive H2416 with you until today H3117, you have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD H3068; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588, then, after H310 my death H4194?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But it came H1961 about H1961, when the judge H8199 died H4194, that they would turn H7725 back H7725 and act H7843 more H4480 corruptly H7843 than H4480 their fathers H1, in following H1980 H310 other H312 gods H430 to serve H5647 them and bow H2331 down H2331 to them; they did not abandon H5307 their practices H4611 or their obstinate H7186 ways H1870.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand H3027 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 pressed H1980 harder H1980 and harder H7186 upon Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Canaan H3667, until H5704 H834 they had eliminated H3772 Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Canaan H3667.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - But Hannah H2584 answered H6030 and said H559, “No H369, my lord H113, I am a woman H802 [fn]despairing H7186 in spirit H7307; I have drunk H8354 neither H3808 wine H3196 nor H3808 strong H7941 drink H7941, but I have poured H8210 out H8210 my soul H5315 before H6440 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Jonathan H3083, “Who H4310 will inform H5046 me [fn]if H176 H4100 your father H1 answers H6030 you harshly H7186?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - (now the man’s H376 name H8034 was Nabal H5037, and his wife’s H802 name H8034 was Abigail H26. And the woman H802 was [fn]intelligent H2896 H7922 and beautiful H3303 in appearance H8389, but the man H376 was harsh H7186 and evil H7451 in his dealings H4611, and he was a Calebite H3614),

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - That day H3117 the battle H4421 was very H3966 severe H7186, and Abner H74 and the men H376 of Israel H3478 were defeated H5062 [fn]by the servants H5650 of David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - “And I am weak H7390 today H3117, though anointed H4886 king H4428; and these H428 men H376, the sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870, are too H4480 difficult H7186 for me. May the LORD H3068 repay H7999 the evildoer H6213 H7451 in proportion to his evil H7451.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard H7185; but now H6258, lighten H7043 the hard H7186 labor H5656 imposed by 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 Box1Ki 12:13 - And the king H4428 answered H6030 the people H5971 harshly H7186, for he ignored H5800 the advice H6098 of the elders H2205 which H834 they had [fn]given H3289 him,

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So when Ahijah H281 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of her feet H7272 coming H935 in the doorway H6607, he said H559, “Come H935 in H935, wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379; why H4100 do you make H5234 yourself unrecognizable H5234? Nevertheless, I am sent H7971 to you with a harsh H7186 message.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard H7185; but now H6258, lighten H7043 the hard H7186 labor H5656 imposed by 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 10:13 - The king H4428 answered H6030 them harshly H7186, and King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 ignored H5800 the advice H6098 of the elders H2205.

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“Have I not wept H1058 for the [fn]one whose life H3117 is hard H7186?

Was my soul H5315 not grieved H5701 for the needy H34?

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You have [fn]made Your people H5971 experience H7200 hardship H7186;

You have given H8248 us [fn]wine H3196 to H8248 drink H8248 that makes us stagger H8653.

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“Put H7760 me like a seal H2368 over H5921 your heart H3820,

Like a seal H2368 on your arm H2220.

For love H160 is as strong H5794 as death H4194,

[fn]Jealousy H7068 is as severe H7186 as Sheol H7585;

Its flames H7565 are flames H7565 of fire H784,

[fn]The flame H7957 of the LORD H3050.

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And it will be on the day H3117 when the LORD H3068 gives H5117 you rest H5117 from your hardship H6090, your turmoil H7267, and from the harsh H7186 service H5656 in which H834 you have been enslaved H5647,

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“Furthermore, I will hand H5534 H3027 the Egyptians H4714 over H5534 to a cruel H7186 master H113,

And a [fn]mighty H5794 king H4428 will rule H4910 over them,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635.

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A harsh H7186 vision H2380 has been shown H5046 to me;

The treacherous H898 one still deals H898 treacherously H898, and the destroyer H7703 still destroys H7703.

Go H5927 up H5927, Elam H5867, lay H6696 siege H6696, Media H4074;

I have put H7673 an H7673 end H7673 to H7673 all H3605 [fn]the groaning H603 she has caused.

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On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent H5175,

With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and mighty H2389 sword H2719,

Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent H5175;

And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea H3220.

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You contended H7378 with them [fn]by banishing H5432 them, by driving H7971 them away H7971.

With His fierce H7186 wind H7307 He has expelled H1898 them on the day H3117 of the east H6921 wind H6921.

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“Because H4480 I know H3045 that you are [fn]obstinate H7186,

And your neck H6203 is an iron H1270 tendon H1517

And your forehead H4696 bronze H5154,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4 - “So I am sending H7971 you to those who are [fn]impudent H7186 H6440 and obstinate H2389 H3820 children H1121, and you shall say H559 to them, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7 - yet the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will not be H14 willing H14 to listen H8085 to you, since H3588 they are H14 not willing H14 to listen H8085 to Me. The entire H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478 certainly H3588 is [fn]stubborn H2389 H4696 and obstinate H7186 H3820.
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