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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 - And it came to pass, H1961 that when H3588 Isaac H3327 was old, H2204 and H3543➔ his eyes H5869 were dim, ➔ H3543 so that he could not see, H7200 he called H7121 Esau H6215 his H1121➔ eldest H1419 son, ➔H1121 and said H559 unto him, H413 My son: H1121 and he said H559 unto him, H413 Behold, H2009➔ here am I. ➔H2009

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - And Moses H4872 was an hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 when he died: H4194 his eye H5869 was H3543➔ not H3808 dim, ➔ H3543 nor H3808 his natural force H3893 abated. H5127

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - For I have told H5046 him that H3588 I H589 will judge H8199 his house H1004 for H5704 ever H5769 for the iniquity H5771 which H834 he knoweth; H3045 because H3588 his sons H1121 made H7043➔ themselves vile, ➔H7043 and H3808➔ he restrained H3543 them not. ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - Mine eye H5869 also is dim H3543 by reason of sorrow, H3708 and H3338➔ all H3605 my members ➔H3338 are as a shadow. H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 - He shall H3543➔ not H3808 fail ➔ H3543 nor H3808 be discouraged, H7533 till H5704 he have set H7760 judgment H4941 in the earth: H776 and H8451➔ the isles H339 shall wait H3176 for his law. ➔H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And it shall be, H1961 when H3588 they say H559 unto thee, H413 Wherefore H5921 H4100 sighest H584 thou? H859 that thou shalt answer, H559 For H413 the tidings; H8052 because H3588 it cometh: H935 and H4549➔ every H3605 heart H3820 shall melt, ➔H4549 and H7503➔ all H3605 hands H3027 shall be feeble, ➔H7503 and H3543➔ every H3605 spirit H7307 shall faint, ➔ H3543 and all H3605 knees H1290 shall be weak H3212 as water: H4325 behold, H2009 it cometh, H935 and shall be brought to pass, H1961 saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3069

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Woe H1945 to H7473➔ the idol H457 shepherd ➔H7473 that leaveth H5800 the flock! H6629 the sword H2719 shall be upon H5921 his arm, H2220 and upon H5921 his right H3225 eye: H5869 his arm H2220 shall be H3001➔ clean H3001 dried up, ➔H3001 and H5869➔ his right H3225 eye ➔H5869 shall be H3543➔ utterly H3543 darkened. ➔ H3543
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