קָשֶׁה qasheh

Hebrew word for “severe” · Strong’s H7186 · used 36 times in 36 verses

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Meaning

1) hard, cruel, severe, obstinate;

How it is translated

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

• hard 14
• stiff 7
• severe 3
• harsh 2
• stubborn 2
• fierce 2
• stern 2
• difficult 1
• too hard 1
• hard thing 1
• cruel 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 42 (2), Exodus 33 (2), Deuteronomy 9 (2), 1 Kings 12 (2), 2 Chronicles 10 (2), Isaiah 27 (2), Exodus 1 (1), Exodus 6 (1), Exodus 18 (1), Exodus 32 (1)

Forms

• קשׁה 20
• הקשׁה 8
• קשׁות 2
• וקשׁה 1
• קשׁת 1
• קשׁים 1
• לקשׁה 1
• קשׁי 1
• וקשׁי 1

Words used with it

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

• עֹרֶף oreph “neck” 8
• עֲבֹדָה avodah “service” 6
• עָבַד avad “to serve” 5
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
• חָזָק chazaq “strong” 3
• עָנָה anah “to answer” 4
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 4
• מֵצַח metsach “forehead” 2
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 4
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 3
• עַז az “strong” 2
• קָשָׁה qashah “to harden” 2

Key verses

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

• Exodus 1:14 — And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made…
• Exodus 32:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
• Exodus 33:3 — Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
• Exodus 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and…
• Deuteronomy 31:27 — For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after…
• 2 Samuel 3:39 — And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his…
• Song of Solomon 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire,…
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing…
• Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall…
• Isaiah 27:8 — In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
• Ezekiel 2:4 — For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.

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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.