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Lexicon :: Strong's H7186 - qāšê

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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 Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. "Where do you come from?" he said. They said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they made them serve with rigor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:9 - And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you in the way, for you are a stiff-necked people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, "If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us, although it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thy inheritance."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - "Know therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - "Furthermore the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - And the Egyptians treated us harshly, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are; behold, while I am yet alive with you, today you have been rebellious against the LORD; how much more after my death!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But whenever the judge died, they turned back and behaved worse than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them; they did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the people of Israel bore harder and harder on Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman sorely troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then said David to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab'igail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And the battle was very fierce that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - And I am this day weak, though anointed king; these men the sons of Zeru'iah are too hard for me. The LORD requite the evildoer according to his wickedness!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old men had given him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - But when Ahi'jah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jerobo'am; why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with heavy tidings for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - And the king answered them harshly, and forsaking the counsel of the old men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25 - Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:3 - Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master; and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A stern vision is told to me; the plunderer plunders, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - Measure by measure, by exile thou didst contend with them; he removed them with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:4 - Because I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:4 - The people also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them; and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7 - But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and of a stubborn heart.
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