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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 BoxGen 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - And he said, You have made a hard request: still, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will get your desire; but if not, it will not be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 - Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.
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