כָּהָה kahah
Hebrew word for “to grow dim” · Strong’s H3543 · used 10 times in 9 verses
Meaning
1) to grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail;
Senses in the lexicon
- to grow dim (9)
- to rebuke (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for kahah in context, with how often each is used:
- has become dull 2
- will grow dim 2
- too dim 1
- had grown dim 1
- has grown dim 1
- will grow faint 1
- certainly 1
- rebuked 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 13 (2), Genesis 27 (1), Deuteronomy 34 (1), 1 Samuel 3 (1), Job 17 (1), Isaiah 42 (1), Ezekiel 21 (1), Zechariah 11 (1)
Forms
- כהה 4
- ותכהין 1
- כהתה 1
- ותכה 1
- יכהה 1
- וכהתה 1
- תכהה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kahah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 4
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 4
- כָּבַס kavas “to wash” 2
- נֶגַע nega “plague” 2
- עוֹר or “skin” 2
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 3
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 2
- עַד ad “till” 2
Key verses
The verses using kahah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 27:1 — And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he…
- Leviticus 13:6 — And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall…
- Leviticus 13:56 — And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out…
- Deuteronomy 34:7 — And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, 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 them not.
- Job 17:7 — Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
- Isaiah 42:4 — He shall not fail 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…
- 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…
See all 9 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.