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To grow dim

כָּהָהStrong’s H3543

kahah (ka-hah)

Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Kahah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it has become dull”, “were dim” and “it had grown dim”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

“Woe 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.”
Zechariah 11:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. To grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail(Qal) to grow dim · (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint
  2. To rebuke
How it's translated
  • it has become dull 2
  • and they were dim 1
  • it had grown dim 1
  • he rebuked 1
  • and it has grown dim 1
  • he will grow dim 1
  • and it will grow faint 1
  • certainly 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 2
  • Genesis 1
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • Job 1
  • Isaiah 1

8 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

כָּהָה kahah · to grow dim

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

כָּהָה kahah · to rebuke

to rebuke

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “rebuked” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REBU'KED, participle passive

Reproved; reprehended; checked; restrained; punished for faults.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.