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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7185 matches the Hebrew קָשָׁה (qāšâ),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 -

Then they journeyed H5265 on H5265 from Bethel H1008; but when there was still H5750 some H3530 distance H3530 H776 to go H935 to Ephrath H672, Rachel H7354 began to give H3205 birth H3205 and she suffered H7185 severe H7185 difficulties H7185 in her labor H3205.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And when she was suffering H7185 severe H7185 difficulties H7185 in her labor H3205, the midwife H3205 said H559 to her, “Do not fear H3372, for you have another H1571 son H1121!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 -

“Cursed H779 be their anger H639, for it is fierce H5794;

And their wrath H5678, for it is H7185 cruel H7185.

I will scatter H2505 them in Jacob H3290,

And disperse H6327 them among Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - “But I will harden H7185 Pharaoh’s H6547 heart H3820, so that I may multiply H7235 My signs H226 and My wonders H4159 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘And it came H1961 about H1961, when H3588 Pharaoh H6547 was H7185 stubborn H7185 about letting H7971 us go H7971, that the LORD H3068 put H2026 to H2026 death H2026 every H3605 firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, from human H120 firstborns H1060 to animal H929 firstborns H1060. Therefore H5921 H3651, I sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 the males H2145, every H3605 firstborn H1060 of a womb H7358, but every H3605 firstborn H1060 of my sons H1121 I redeem H6299.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - ‘You are not to [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 in judgment H4941; you shall hear H8085 the small H6996 and the great H1419 alike. You are not to be afraid H1481 of any person H376, for the judgment H4941 is H7185 God’s H430. The case H1697 that is too H4480 difficult H7185 for you, you shall bring H7126 to me, and I will hear H8085 it.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But Sihon H5511 king H4428 of Heshbon H2809 was H14 not willing H14 for us to pass H5674 [fn]through his land; for the LORD H3068 your God H430 hardened H7185 his spirit H7307 and made H553 his heart H3824 obstinate H553, in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 hand H3027 H5414 him over H5414 to you, as he is today H2088 H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - “So circumcise H4135 [fn]your heart H3824, and do not stiffen H7185 your neck H6203 any H5750 longer H5750.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 -

“It shall not seem H7185 difficult H7185 for you when you set H7971 him [fn]free H2670, because H3588 he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with double H4932 the [fn]service H7939 of a hired H7916 worker H7916; so the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do H6213.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the men H376 of Ashdod H795 saw H7200 that it was so H3651, they said H559, “The ark H727 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 must not remain H3427 with us, because H3588 His hand H3027 is H7185 severe H7185 on us and on Dagon H1712 our god H430.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men H376 of Israel H3478 answered H6030 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and said H559, “[fn]We have ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king H4428, therefore [fn]we also H1571 have more H4480 claim on David H1732 than H4480 you. Why H4069 then did you treat H7043 [fn]us with H7043 contempt H7043? Was it not [fn]our [fn]advice H1697 first H7223 to bring H7725 back H7725 [fn]our king H4428?” Yet the words H1697 of the men H376 of Judah H3063 were H7185 harsher H7185 than H4480 the words H1697 of the men H376 of Israel H3478.
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.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - He said H559, “You have asked H7592 a hard H7185 thing H7185. Nevertheless, if H518 you see H7200 me when I am taken H3947 from you, it shall be so H3651 for you; but if H518 not, it shall not be so.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - However, they did not listen H8085, but stiffened H7185 their neck H6203 [fn]like their fathers H1, who H834 did not believe H539 in the LORD H3068 their God H430.
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.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now H6258 do not stiffen H7185 your neck H6203 like your fathers H1, but [fn]yield H5414 H3027 to the LORD H3068 and enter H935 His sanctuary H4720 which H834 He has consecrated H6942 forever H5769, and serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430, that His burning H2740 anger H639 may turn H7725 away H7725 from you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also H1571 rebelled H4775 against King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019, who H834 had made him swear H7650 allegiance by God H430. But he stiffened H7185 his neck H6203 and hardened H553 his heart H3824 against H4480 turning H7725 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 -

“But they, our fathers H1, acted H2102 arrogantly H2102;

They [fn]became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and would not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 -

“They refused H3985 to listen H8085,

And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You performed H6213 among H5973 them;

So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 in [fn]Egypt H4714.

But You are a God H433 of forgiveness H5547,

Gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349,

Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in [fn]mercy H2617;

And You did not abandon H5800 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 -

And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your Law H8451.

Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances H4941,

Which H834, if a person H120 [fn]follows H6213 them, then he will live H2421 by them.

And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck H6203, and would not listen H8085.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 -

“Wise H2450 in heart H3824 and mighty H533 in strength H3581,

Who H4310 has [fn]defied H7185 H413 Him [fn]without H7999 harm H7999?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 -

Do not harden H7185 your hearts H3824 as at [fn]Meribah H4809,

As on the day H3117 of [fn]Massah H4532 in the wilderness H4057,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 -

How blessed H835 is the person H120 who fears H6342 always H8548,

But one who hardens H7185 his heart H3820 will fall H5307 into disaster H7451.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 -

A person H376 [fn]often rebuked H8433 who [fn]becomes H7185 H6203 obstinate H7185 H6203

Will suddenly H6621 be broken H7665 [fn]beyond H369 remedy H4832.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass H5674 through [fn]the land dejected H7185 and hungry H7457, and it will turn H1961 out H1961 that when H3588 they are hungry H7456, they will become H7107 enraged H7107 and curse H7043 [fn]their king H4428 and their God H430 as they face H6437 upward H4605.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - “Yet they did not listen H8085 to Me or incline H5186 their ear H241, but stiffened H7185 their neck H6203; they did H7489 more H4480 evil H7489 than H4480 their fathers H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - “Yet they did not listen H8085 or incline H5186 their ears H241, but stiffened H7185 their necks H6203 so as not to listen H8085 or accept H3947 discipline H4148.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘Behold H2009, I am going to bring H935 on this H2088 city H5892 and all H3605 its towns H5892 the entire H3605 disaster H7451 that I have declared H1696 against H5921 it, because H3588 they have stiffened H7185 their necks H6203 so as not to listen H8085 to My words H1697.’”
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