Hebrew verb · H6949
קָהָה
qahahkaw-haw'
be blunt
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qâhâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6949is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6949
to be dull
The King James renders it: be set on edge, be blunt.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qahah is rendered "be blunt". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ecclesiastes 10:10If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
Ecclesiastes 10:10קֵהָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they will be blunt2
- it is blunt1
- they are blunt1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קָהָל | qahal | assembly | Uses123 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃2
- קֵהָ֣ה1
- תִּקְהֶ֥ינָה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine plural3HVqi3fp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
Ecclesiastes
one use
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
- קֵהָ֣הkehahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is blunt
Jeremiah
two uses
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
- תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃tikheinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be blunt
Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
- תִּקְהֶ֥ינָהtikheinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be blunt
Ezekiel
one use
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
- תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃tikheinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they are blunt
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.