קָשֶׁה (qāšeh) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning hard. It appears
36 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7186).
Also rendered
severe
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2085a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2085a)hard, severe; churlish, cruel, grievous, heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough, roughly, sore, sorrowful, stiff, stubborn, in trouble
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָשֶׁהadjective: hard, severe
Strong's H7186קָשֶׁה: severe (in various applications) KJV:churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, in trouble.
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.
Root family 2085: קָשָׁהqāšâ — be hard, severe, fierce; difficult; hardly bestead, hard pressed; make difficult, difficulty, make severe, burdensome, make hard, stiff, stubborn, shew stubbornness; be dense; be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be sore