1) to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be hard, be difficult 1a2) to be hard, be severe 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be ill-treated 1b2) to be hard pressed 1c) (Piel) to have severe labour (of women) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to make difficult, make difficulty 1d2) to make severe, make burdensome 1d3) to make hard, make stiff, make stubborn 1d3a) of obstinacy (fig) 1d4) to show stubbornness
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H7185 — קָשָׁה
qa.shah · to harden · Hebrew/Aramaic
28 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 35:16 · וַתְּקַ֥שׁAnd they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;Genesis 35:17 · בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּand it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, ‘Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.’Genesis 49:7 · קָשָׁ֑תָהCursed is their anger, for it is fierce, And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.Exodus 7:3 · אַקְשֶׁ֖ה‘And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,Exodus 13:15 · הִקְשָׁ֣הyea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who are males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;Deuteronomy 1:17 · יִקְשֶׁ֣הye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God’s, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;Deuteronomy 2:30 · הִקְשָׁה֩‘And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.Deuteronomy 10:16 · תַקְשׁ֖וּand ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;Deuteronomy 15:18 · יִקְשֶׁ֣ה‘It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.1 Samuel 5:7 · קָשְׁתָ֤הAnd the men of Ashdod see that it is so, and have said, ‘The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.’2 Samuel 19:43 · וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, ‘Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?’ And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.1 Kings 12:4 · הִקְשָׁ֣הThy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light some of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.’2 Kings 2:10 · הִקְשִׁ֣יתָand he saith, ‘Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.’2 Kings 17:14 · וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּand they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,2 Chronicles 10:4 · הִקְשָׁ֣הThy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light somewhat of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.’2 Chronicles 30:8 · תַּקְשׁ֥וּ‘Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;2 Chronicles 36:13 · וַיֶּ֤קֶשׁand also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.Nehemiah 9:16 · וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙‘And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,Nehemiah 9:17 · וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.Nehemiah 9:29 · הִקְשׁ֖וּand dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they—they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned,—which man doth and hath lived in them—and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.Job 9:4 · הִקְשָׁ֥הWise in heart and strong in power—Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?Psalm 95:8 · תַּקְשׁ֣וּHarden not your heart as in Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,Proverbs 28:14 · וּמַקְשֶׁ֥הO the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.Proverbs 29:1 · מַקְשֶׁה־A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.Isaiah 8:21 · נִקְשֶׁ֣ה—And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.Jeremiah 7:26 · וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.Jeremiah 17:23 · וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.Jeremiah 19:15 · הִקְשׁוּ֙‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck—not to hear My words!’