Qâshach — H7188

Definition

verb

to be (causatively, make) unfeeling

1. to make hard, treat hardly, treat severely
1. (Hiphil)
1. to make hard, make stubborn
2. to treat hardly, treat roughly

Usually translated as

harden

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• sklērýnō (G4645)

Occurrences

Qâshach occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Isaiah (1)

• Job 39:16 — She is hardened (הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ) against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
• Isaiah 63:17 — O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened (תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ) our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.