Strong's Hebrew #3543 - כָּהָה kahah (to be or grow dim or faint)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, utterly A primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull -- darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly. Englishman's Concordance 1) to grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail 1a) (Qal) to grow dim, grow faint 1b) (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 957 Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [כָּהָה] verb be or grow dim, faint (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּהָא; compare Arabic be , i.e. weak, cowardly) — Qal Perfect3feminine singular כָּֽהֲתָה Deuteronomy 34:7; Imperfect יִכְהֶה Isaiah 42:4; 3feminine singular תִּכְהֶה Zechariah 11:17; וַתֵּ֫כַהּ Job 17:7; וַתִּכְהֶיןָ Genesis 27:1; Infinitive absolute כָּהֹה Zechariah 11:17; — grow dim, of eye Genesis 27:1 (J), Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 17:7; of violent putting out of eye Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); he shall not grow dim Isaiah 42:4, of servant of ׳י under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or grow faint (compare Di). Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular וְכִהֲתָה consecutive Ezekiel 21:12 (subject כָּלרֿוּחַ; "" וְנָמֵס כָּללֵֿב) grow faint (Pi`el intransitive, Ges§ 52 k, Köi. 187; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה). II. [כָּהָה] verb Pi`el rebuke (Syriac , Mandean כהא (NöM. 72) id.), only 1 Samuel 3:13 followed by בְּ, וְלֹא כִהָה בָּם. כהן (√ of following; meaning dubious, see Dr2Samuel 8:18; Arabic verb is divine, and (Qor 52:29) is a seer, the organ (mostly) of a jinn, rarely of a god: the and the כֹּהֵן must have been originally identical (both alike being guardians of an oracle, at a sanctuary); but their functions diverged: the gradually lost his connection with the sanctuary, and sank to be a mere diviner; the כהן acquired fuller sacrificial functions: see RSEnc. Brit. ed. 9, xix. 727; WeSkizzen iii. 130 ff., 167; NowArchaeology ii. 89 f.; Phoenician כהן is priest, כהנת priestess). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 3543. כָּהָה (kahah) — 8 OccurrencesGenesis 27:1 Deuteronomy 34:7 1 Samuel 3:13 Job 17:7 Isaiah 42:4 Ezekiel 21:7 Zechariah 11:17 Zechariah 11:17 |