Qâshâh — H7185

H7185 · Hebrew — קשה

Pronunciation: kaw-shaw'

Definition

verb

properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)

  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

Usually translated as

hard, make grievous, harden, stiffnecked, be cruel, be fiercer, hardly, be sore, stiff, be, stiffen

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Qâshâh occurs 28 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (4), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (3), Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — Q