קָשֶׁה
qa.sheh
“severe”
Definition
severe (in various applications)
from H7185 (קָשָׁה);
- hard, cruel, severe, obstinate 1a) hard, difficult 1b) severe 1c) fierce, intense, vehement 1d) stubborn, stiff of neck, stiff-necked 1e) rigorous (of battle)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
קָשֶׁה appears 35 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
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In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
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