Strong's Lexicon

H3543

H3543 — כָּהָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkahahverb-stemOccurrences: 8TWOT: 957

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3543
Word:	כָּהָה
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	kahah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-haw'
Meaning:	1. to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
KJV Renderings:	darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3926

I. [כָּהָה] verb be or grow dim, faint (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּהָא; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2453] be [untranscribed source text 2454], i.e. weak, cowardly) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular כָּֽהֲתָה Deut 34:7 Imperfect יִכְהֶה Isa 42:4 3 feminine singular תִּכְהֶה Zech 11:17 וַתֵּ֫כַהּ Job 17:7 וַתִּכְהֶיןָ Gen 27:1 Infinitive absolute כָּהֹה Zech 11:17 — grow dim, of eye Gen 27:1 ( J ), Deut 34:7 ; Job 17:7 of violent putting out of eye Zech 11:17 (twice in verse); he shall not grow dim Isa 42:4, of servant of ׳ י under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or grow faint (compare Di).

Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular וְכִהֲתָה consecutive Ezek 21:12 (subject כָּלרֿוּחַ; || וְנָמֵס כָּללֵֿב) grow faint (Pi`el intransitive, Ges^{«GKC:52»§ 52} k, Kö^{i. 187}; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה).

BDB3929

II. [כָּהָה] verb

Pi`el rebuke (Syriac [untranscribed source text 2455], Mandean כהא (Nö^{M. 72}) id.), only 1Sam 3:13 followed by בְּ, וְלֹא כִהָה בָּם.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כהה (kah-hah’)

Genesis 27:1

KJV: And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

EHCC: and his eyes were dim,

Job 17:7

KJV: Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.my members: or, my thoughts

EHCC: Mine also is dim

Zechariah 11:17

KJV: Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

EHCC: his right eye shall be utterly darbesd.