Kâhâh — H3543

Definition

verb

to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull

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

Usually translated as

be dim, fail, faint, darken, restrain, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ekpsýchō (G1634)
• nouthetéō (G3560)
• pōróō (G4456)

Occurrences

Kâhâh occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Zechariah (1)

• Genesis 27:1 — And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim (וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ), so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
• Deuteronomy 34:7 — And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim (כָהֲתָ֥ה), nor his natural force abated.
• 1 Samuel 3:13 — For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained (כִהָ֖ה) them not.
• Job 17:7 — Mine eye also is dim (וַתֵּ֣כַהּ) by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
• Isaiah 42:4 — He shall not fail (יִכְהֶה֙) nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Ezekiel 21:7 — And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint (וְכִהֲתָ֣ה), and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
• Zechariah 11:17 — Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened (תִכְהֶֽה).
• Zechariah 11:17 — Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened (כָּהֹ֥ה).