כֵּהֶה
kêheh · H3544 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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Literally: a weakened spirit; hence: state in which humans have lost courage ((one's) courage fails)
ExamplesIsaiah 61:3 To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
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faded, dull, smoldering
Literally: weakened; hence: state in which a condition or process has lost its intensity
ExamplesLeviticus 13:21 “But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it and it is not deeper than the skin and is faded, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days;
Leviticus 13:26 “But if the priest looks at it, and indeed, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days;
Leviticus 13:28 “But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn.
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weak, dim
Literally: weakened; hence: state in which parts of the human body have lost their ability to function as they should
Examples1 Samuel 3:2 But it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to be poor and he could not see well),
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָלַלto profane, to begin 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 3
- עוֹרskin 1
- בֹּהֶרֶתspot 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Afraid002001002001
- The adjective's sense of dimness or faintness can accompany a fearful, weakened state, part of its broader range of diminished vigor.
- Lax002001003012
- The adjective describes something dim, dull, or faint, a lax or faded state, in keeping with its glossed sense "somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim."
- Unable002001001065
- The adjective describes a weakened, dim condition that limits ability, such as smoking or fading, in keeping with its glossed range "wax dim."
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3544. keheh [כֵּהֶה] adjective dim, dull, faint; only feminine כֵּהָה Lev 13:6 Lev…
[כֵּהֶה] adjective dim, dull, faint; only feminine כֵּהָה Lev 13:6 Lev 13:6t.; plural כֵּהוֺת Lev 13:39; 1Sa 3:2; — dim, of eyes 1Sa 3:2; of burning wick (כ ׳כִּשְׁתָּה) Isa 42:3; dull (in colour, of plague-spots) Lev 13:6, Lev 13:21, Lev 13:26, Lev 13:39, Lev 13:56; figurative = faint כ ׳רוּחַ Isa 61:3 (opposed to תְהִלָּה מַעֲטֵה).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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