# קָשָׁה (qashah)

Israeli respelling: qa-shah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7185. 28 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)

King James renderings: be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qashah-h7185

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 35:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/16) — And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- [Genesis 35:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/17) — And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
- [Genesis 49:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/7) — Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- [Exodus 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/7/3) — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
- [Exodus 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/13/15) — And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of…
- [Deuteronomy 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/17) — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for…
- [Deuteronomy 2:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/2/30) — But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he mig…
- [Deuteronomy 10:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/10/16) — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
- [Deuteronomy 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/18) — It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serv…
- [1 Samuel 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/5/7) — And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon u…
- [2 Samuel 19:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/43) — And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why…
- [1 Kings 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/4) — Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lig…
- [2 Kings 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/10) — And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it…
- [2 Kings 17:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/14) — Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their Go…
- [2 Chronicles 10:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/10/4) — Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put up…
- [2 Chronicles 30:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/30/8) — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified…
- [2 Chronicles 36:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/13) — And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from tur…
- [Nehemiah 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/16) — But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
- [Nehemiah 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/17) — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appoi…
- [Nehemiah 9:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/29) — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandm…
- [Job 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/4) — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
- [Psalms 95:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/95/8) — Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- [Proverbs 28:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/14) — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
- [Proverbs 29:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/1) — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- [Isaiah 8:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/21) — And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret thems…
- [Jeremiah 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/26) — Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
- [Jeremiah 17:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/23) — But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
- [Jeremiah 19:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/19/15) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronou…