STRONGS NUMBER H7186


Word Summary
qasheh: hard, severe
Original Word: קָשֶׁה
Transliteration: qasheh
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sheh')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: hard, severe
Meaning: hard, severe
Strong's Concordance
churlish, cruel, grievous, hardhearted, thing, heavy, impudent, obstinate,

From qashah; severe (in various applications) -- churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.

see HEBREW qashah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7186. qasheh

קָשֶׁהadjective hard, severe; — absolute ׳קExodus 18:26 +; construct 32:9 +; feminine singular קָשָׁהDeuteronomy 26:6 +; construct קְשַׁת1 Samuel 1:15; masculine plural קָשִׁים2 Samuel 3:39; construct קְשֵׁיEzekiel 2:4; 3:7; feminine plural קָשׁוֺתGenesis 42:7, 30; —

1 hard, difficult, of a legal question (דָּבָר‎) Exodus 18:26 (E).

2. a. severe, of battle 2 Samuel 2:17, wind Isaiah 27:8, servitude (עֲבֹדָה‎) 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Deuteronomy 26:6; Isaiah 14:3; Exodus 1:14; 6:9 (both P); as n.collective קָשָׁה עַמְּךָ הִרְאִיתָPsalm 60:5 thou hast made thy people see severe things; יוֺם קְשֵׁהJob 30:25 i.e. one whose time (life) is hard, so 1 Samuel 1:15 (reading יוֺם קְשַׁת‎ for ᵐ5 ׳ק, רוּחַ‎ Th We Dr and others); severe, rough, of lord (אֲדֹנִים‎) Isaiah 19:4, compare 2 Samuel 3:39 (with מִן‎ compare [מִמֶּנּוּ‎? see HPS]); עַלֿ וְקָשָׁה הָלוֺחJudges 4:24 the hand of the sons of Israel went on being more and more severe upon Jabin; fierce, relentless, of ׳י‎'s sword Isaiah 27:1 (in figurative); rough, rude 1 Samuel 25:3; severe things, of language Genesis 42:7, 30 (E; with דִּדֶּר‎), 1 Samuel 20:10; 1 Kings 12:13 2 Chronicles 10:13 (all with עָנָה‎); קָשָׁה אֵלַיִח שָׁלוּחַ וְאָנֹכִי1 Kings 14:6 I am commissioned with a severe (message) unto thee (Ges§ 121d. N.2 DaSynt. §§ 75 (d), 80); קָשָׁה חָזוּתIsaiah 21:2.

b. fierce, intense, vehement, of קִנְאָהSong of Solomon 8:6 ("" עַזָּה‎; compare Genesis 49:9).

3 עַםקְֿשֵׁהעֹֿרֶףa people stiff of neck, stubborn, Exodus 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9 (all J E), Deuteronomy 9:6, 13; הַקָּשֶׁה עָרְמְּךָ31:27; compare הַקָּשָׁה דַּרְכָּםJudges 2:19; פָנִים קְשֵׁיEzekiel 2:4 (+ חִזְקֵילֵֿב‎), קְשֵׁאלֵֿב3:7 (+ חִזְקֵימְֿצַח‎); ׳ק‎ alone = stubborn Isaiah 48:4.