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קַשׁ qash
Hebrew word for “stubble” · Strong’s H7179 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
stubble, chaff
How it is translated
Glosses given for qash in context, with how often each is used:
- like chaff 6
- stubble 5
- like stubble 2
- chaff 2
- will become stubble 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Obadiah | 1 | 3.4 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 41 (2), Exodus 5 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Job 13 (1), Psalms 83 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 33 (1), Isaiah 40 (1), Isaiah 41 (1), Isaiah 47 (1)
Forms
- כקשׁ 8
- קשׁ 6
- לקשׁ 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qash more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לֶהָבָה lehavah “flame” 3
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 5
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 6
- חֲשַׁשׁ chashash “chaff” 2
- נָדַף nadaph “to drive” 2
- יָבֵשׁ yavesh “dry” 2
- שֹׁרֶשׁ sheresh “root” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 2
- קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 2
- הֶם hem “them” 3
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 2
Key verses
The verses using qash that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:7 — And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
- Psalms 83:13 — O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
- Isaiah 5:24 — Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:…
- Isaiah 33:11 — Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
- Isaiah 40:24 — Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they…
- Isaiah 41:2 — Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to…
- Isaiah 47:14 — Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm…
- Jeremiah 13:24 — Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
- Joel 2:5 — Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in…
- Obadiah 1:18 — And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and…
- Nahum 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
- Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…
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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.