H7186
קָשֶׁה
severe
1) hard, cruel, severe, obstinate 1a) hard, difficult 1b) severe 1c) fierce, intense, vehement 1d) stubborn, stiff of neck, stiff-necked 1e) rigorous (of battle)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
קָשֶׁה adjective hard, severe; — absolute ׳ק Exod 18:26 +; construct Exod 32:9 +; feminine singular קָשָׁה Deut 26:6 +; construct קְשַׁת 1Sam 1:15 masculine plural קָשִׁים 2Sam 3:39 construct קְשֵׁי Ezek 2:4; Ezek 3:7 feminine plural קָשׁוֺת Gen 42:7; Gen 42:30 —
1. hard, difficult, of a legal question (דָּבָר) Exod 18:26 (E).
2. a. severe, of battle 2Sam 2:17, wind Isa 27:8, servitude (עֲבֹדָה) 1Kgs 12:4 = 2Chr 10:4; Deut 26:6; Isa 14:3; Exod 1:14; Exod 6:9 (both P); as n.collective הִרְאִיתָ עַמְּךָ קָשָׁה Ps 60:5 thou hast made thy people see severe things; קְשֵׁה יוֺם Job 30:25 i.e. one whose time (life) is hard, so 1Sam 1:15 (reading קְשַׁת יוֺם for רוּחַ ׳ק, ᵐ5 Th We Dr and others); severe, rough, of lord (אֲדֹנִים) Isa 19:4, compare 2Sam 3:39 (with מִן compare [מִמֶּנּוּ? see HPS]); הָלוֺח וְקָשָׁה עַלֿ Judg 4:24 the hand of the sons of Israel went on being more and more severe upon Jabin; fierce, relentless, of ׳י's sword Isa 27:1 (in figurative); rough, rude 1Sam 25:3 severe things, of language Gen 42:7; Gen 42:30 (E; with דִּדֶּר), 1Sam 20:10; 1Kgs 12:13 = 2Chr 10:13 (all with עָנָה); וְאָנֹכִי שָׁלוּחַ אֵלַיִח קָשָׁה 1Kgs 14:6 I am commissioned with a severe (message) unto thee (Ges«GKC:121d»§ 121d. N.2 DaSynt. §§ 75 (d), 80); חָזוּת קָשָׁה Isa 21:2.
b. fierce, intense, vehement, of קִנְאָה Song 8:6 (|| עַזָּה; compare Gen 49:9).
b. fierce, intense, vehement, of קִנְאָה Song 8:6 (|| עַזָּה; compare Gen 49:9).
3. עַםקְֿשֵׁהעֹֿרֶף a people stiff of neck, stubborn, Exod 32:9; Exod 33:3; Exod 33:5; Exod 34:9 (all J E), Deut 9:6; Deut 9:13 עָרְפְּךָ הַקָּשֶׁה Deut 31:27 compare דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Judg 2:19 קְשֵׁי פָנִים Ezek 2:4 (+ חִזְקֵילֵֿב), קְשֵׁאלֵֿב Ezek 3:7 (+ חִזְקֵימְֿצַח); ׳ק alone = stubborn Isa 48:4.
21 occurrences
Genesis (2), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), I Samuel (1), II Samuel (2), I Kings (2), II Chronicles (2), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (6), Ezekiel (1)