קַשׁ
qash · H7179 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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stubble, chaff
Dry grass-like remnant of wheat or another grain crop following the harvest; this term possibly refers to two kinds of material, one being the remnant of the crop remaining in the ground, the other being the unwanted residue of stalks; only used for brick making; usually considered of little value and needing to be separated from the grain itself; maybe burned
ExamplesExodus 5:12 So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble, And dry grass collapses in the flame, So their root will become like rot, and their blossom blow away like dust; For they have rejected the Law of the LORD of armies, And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 33:11 “You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָבֵשׁdry 2
- נָדַףto blow away 1
- עָבַרto pass 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- יָלַדto bear 1
- קָשַׁשׁto gather, to gather together 1
- רָדַףto pursue, to chase 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
10 occurrences in 2 groups
- כlike/as 14
- לto/for 3
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- καλάμη kalámē · G2562 · straw, thatch
- Greek καλάμη renders Hebrew קַשׁ as the standard LXX equivalent for agricultural stubble/chaff, denoting the same core referent (dry stalks left after harvest) across both languages.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Plants001002007001
- The word means stubble or chaff, directly illustrated by the people scattering to gather stubble for straw in Egypt (Exodus 5:12), enemies consumed "like chaff" (Exodus 15:7), and Job's question about pursuing "the dry chaff" (Job 13:25).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7179. qash קַר adjective cool; — construct (figurative) וְקַררֿוּחַ Pro 17:27 (Kt) cool…
קַר adjective cool; — construct (figurative) וְקַררֿוּחַ Pro 17:27 (Kt) cool of spirit, i.e. calm, self-possessed (Qr יְקַרֿ); plural קָרִים of water Jer 18:14; Pro 25:25.
קַשׁ noun masculineNah 1:10 stubble, chaff; — absolute ׳ק Exo 5:12 +, קַ֑שׁ Exo 15:7; — literal as accusative of congnate meaning with verb לַתֶּבֶן ק ׳לְקשֵׁשׁ Exo 5:12 (J); in simile, as inflammable, Exo 15:7; Isa 5:24; Isa 47:14; Nah 1:10; Joe 2:5, so in metaphor Isa 33:11; Obadiah 18; Malachi 3:19; in simile, as driven by wind Isa 40:24; Isa 41:2; Jer 13:24; Psa 83:14; figurative of the worthless Job 13:25, of harmless trifles Job 41:20; Job 41:21.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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