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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 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the power of the children of Israel went on increasing against Jabin, king of Canaan, till he was cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

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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 Box1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

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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 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25 - Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:3 - You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4 - And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7 - But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
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