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H7185קָשָׁהqa.shah

to hardenPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 4
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 3
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. 3
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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28 occurrences in 28 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 35:16

    And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

    וַתְּקַ֥שׁ (תְּקַ֥שׁ) te.Kash “she had difficulties”

  2. Genesis 35:17

    And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: 'Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.'

    בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ (הַקְשֹׁתָ֖) hak.sho.Ta “had difficulties”

  3. Genesis 49:7

    Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel

    קָשָׁ֑תָה ka.Sha.tah “it is hard”

  4. Exodus 7:3

    And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

    אַקְשֶׁ֖ה 'ak.Sheh “I will make stubborn”

  5. Exodus 13:15

    and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast; therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the womb, being males; but all

    הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made stubborn”

  6. Deuteronomy 1:17

    Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of any man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.'

    יִקְשֶׁ֣ה yik.Sheh “it will be [too] hard”

  7. 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 thy hand, as appeareth this day.

    הִקְשָׁה֩ hik.Shah “he had made stubborn”

  8. Deuteronomy 10:16

    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

    תַקְשׁ֖וּ tak.Shu “you will make stiff”

  9. Deuteronomy 15:18

    It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

    יִקְשֶׁ֣ה yik.Sheh “it will be hard”

  10. 1 Samuel 5:7

    And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said: 'The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for His hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.'

    קָשְׁתָ֤ה ka.she.Tah “it is hard”

  11. 2 Samuel 19:44

    And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said: 'We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye; why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?' And the words

    וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙ (יִּ֙קֶשׁ֙) i.Yi.kesh “it was hard”

  12. 1 Kings 12:4

    'Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.'

    הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

  13. 2 Kings 2:10

    And he said: 'Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.'

    הִקְשִׁ֣יתָ hik.Shi.ta “you have made difficult”

  14. 2 Kings 17:14

    notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in the LORD their God;

    וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (יַּקְשׁ֤וּ) i.yak.Shu “they stiffened”

  15. 2 Chronicles 10:4

    'Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.'

    הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

  16. 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 the LORD your God, that His fierce anger may turn away from you.

    תַּקְשׁ֥וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

  17. 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, the God of Israel.

    וַיֶּ֤קֶשׁ (יֶּ֤קֶשׁ) i.Ye.kesh “he made stiff”

  18. Nehemiah 9:16

    But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments,

    וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (יַּקְשׁוּ֙) i.yak.Shu “they stiffened”

  19. Nehemiah 9:17

    and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, s

    וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (יַּקְשׁוּ֙) i.yak.Shu “they stiffened”

  20. Nehemiah 9:29

    and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, a

    הִקְשׁ֖וּ hik.Shu “they stiffened”

  21. Job 9:4

    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?

    הִקְשָׁ֥ה hik.Shah “has he shown stubbornness”

  22. Psalms 95:8

    'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

    תַּקְשׁ֣וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

  23. Proverbs 28:14

    Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.

    וּמַקְשֶׁ֥ה (מַקְשֶׁ֥ה) mak.Sheh “[one who] hardens”

  24. Proverbs 29:1

    He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.

    מַקְשֶׁה־ mak.sheh- “[one who] hardens”

  25. Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward,

    נִקְשֶׁ֣ה nik.Sheh “hard pressed”