כָּהָה (kāhâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning rebuke. It appears
8 times
in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3543).
Also rendered
be dim
to grow dim
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 957)
Range of meaning (TWOT 957)be, grow dim, faint; grow faint; be weak, despond, rebuke, grow dull; darken, be dim, fail, restrain
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
כָּהָהverb: be, grow dim, faint
Qalgrow dim
Pielgrow faint
Strong's H3543כָּהָה: to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull KJV:darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, × utterly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.