Definition
a primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
Traditional renderings: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, × utterly.
Traditional renderings: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, × utterly.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּהָה:
- ἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō“to take up”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Genesis 27:1וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ · were so weakWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- Leviticus 13:6כֵּהָ֣ה · has fadedThe priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:56כֵּהָ֣ה · has fadedIf the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.
- Deuteronomy 34:7כָהֲתָ֥ה · weakMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- 1 Samuel 3:13כִהָ֖ה · restrainI told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
- Job 17:7וַתֵּ֣כַהּ · have grown dimMy eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
- Isaiah 42:4יִכְהֶה֙ · grow weakHe will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
- Ezekiel 21:7וְכִהֲתָ֣ה · will faintAnd when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Zechariah 11:17כָּהֹ֥ה · utterly blinded; תִכְהֶֽה׃סWoe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”