קָשָׁה

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

Genesis 35:16

• וַתְּקַ֥שׁvatekashHc/Vpw3fstagged: and she had difficulties

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

Genesis 35:17

• בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּvehakshotahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: when had difficulties she

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Genesis 49:7

• קָשָׁ֑תָהkashatahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is hard

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

Exodus 7:3

• אַקְשֶׁ֖הʾakshehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make stubborn

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

Exodus 13:15

• הִקְשָׁ֣הhikshahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made stubborn

Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

Deuteronomy 1:17

• יִקְשֶׁ֣הyikshehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be hard

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

Deuteronomy 2:30

• הִקְשָׁה֩hikshahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had made stubborn

Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.

Deuteronomy 10:16

• תַקְשׁ֖וּtakshuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will make stiff

Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

Deuteronomy 15:18

• יִקְשֶׁ֣הyikshehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be hard

And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”

1 Samuel 5:7

• קָשְׁתָ֤הkashetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is hard

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:43

• וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙vaiyikeshHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was hard

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:4

• הִקְשָׁ֣הhikshahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made hard

“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”

2 Kings 2:10

• הִקְשִׁ֣יתָhikshitaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have made difficult

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

2 Kings 17:14

• וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּvaiyakshuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they stiffened

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2 Chronicles 10:4

• הִקְשָׁ֣הhikshahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made hard

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 30:8

• תַּקְשׁ֥וּtakshuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you harden

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:13

• וַיֶּ֤קֶשׁvaiyekeshHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he made stiff

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

Nehemiah 9:16

• וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vaiyakshuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they stiffened

They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:17

• וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vaiyakshuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they stiffened

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

Nehemiah 9:29

• הִקְשׁ֖וּhikshuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they stiffened

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Job 9:4

• הִקְשָׁ֥הhikshahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has he shown stubbornness

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Psalms 95:8

• תַּקְשׁ֣וּtakshuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you harden

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Proverbs 28:14

• וּמַקְשֶׁ֥הumakshehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and hardens

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Proverbs 29:1

• מַקְשֶׁה־maksheh-verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: hardens

They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 8:21

• נִקְשֶׁ֣הnikshehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: hard pressed

Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:26

• וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vaiyakshuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they stiffened

Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

Jeremiah 17:23

• וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙vaiyakshuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they stiffened

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”

Jeremiah 19:15

• הִקְשׁוּ֙hikshuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have stiffened