Strong H3543H3543Aכָּהָה
to grow dim
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3543
- Transliteration
- kâhâh
- Pronunciation
- kaw-haw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
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
1b) (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint
1a) (Qal) to grow dim
1b) (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint
General definition
A primitive root; to be {weak} that {is} (figuratively) to despond (causatively {rebuke }) or (of {light} the eye) to grow dull: - {darken} be {dim} {fail} {faint} {restrain} X utterly.
In the Bible
Strong H3543A appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dim3
- be1
- darken1
- fail1
- faint1
First verses
- Genesis 27:1And 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.
- Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
- Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
- Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Ezekiel 21:7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.
- Zechariah 11:17Woe 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.