קָשָׁה qashah

Hebrew word for “to harden” · Strong’s H7185 · used 28 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

1) to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh;

How it is translated

Glosses given for qashah in context, with how often each is used:

• stiffened 6
• hard 3
• made hard 2
• harden 2
• one who hardens 2
• had difficulties 1
• when had difficulties she 1
• will make stubborn 1
• made stubborn 1
• will be too hard 1
• had made stubborn 1
• will make stiff 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 9 (3), Genesis 35 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 7 (1), Exodus 13 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1), Deuteronomy 10 (1), Deuteronomy 15 (1), 1 Samuel 5 (1)

Forms

• הקשׁה 5
• ויקשׁו 5
• תקשׁו 3
• קשׁתה 2
• יקשׁה 2
• ויקשׁ 2
• הקשׁו 2
• ותקשׁ 1
• בהקשׁתה 1
• אקשׁה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qashah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֹרֶף oreph “neck” 11
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 8
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 5
• קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 4
• אָב av “father” 6
• עָבַד avad “to serve” 4
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 5
• זִיד zud “to boil” 2
• אַף aph “face” 3
• עֹל ol “yoke” 2
• קָשֶׁה qasheh “severe” 2
• כָּבֵד kaved “heavy” 2

Key verses

The verses using qashah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is…
• Deuteronomy 2:30 — But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into…
• 2 Chronicles 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve…
• 2 Chronicles 36:13 — And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD…
• Nehemiah 9:16 — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
• Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to…
• Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
• Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Psalms 95:8 — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
• Proverbs 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isaiah 8:21 — And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse…
• Jeremiah 7:26 — Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

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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.