Kahah means “be weak” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3543 — nomizo (“suppose”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3543 כָּהָה (kahah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kahah (kaw-haw') v. 1. to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull [a primitive root] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include eye, were, fail, and weak. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kahah (kaw-haw') v. 1. to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull [a primitive root] KJV: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3543. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to grow dim
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kahah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3543.
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3543, grouped by book.
Kahah (Strong's H3543) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be weak". kahah (kaw-haw') v. 1. to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H3543 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3543 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as eye, were, fail, and weak. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.