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
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TBESH · H3543B
כָּהָה
· ka.hah · to rebuke
to rebuke
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
KJV glosses: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, [idiom] utterly.
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How translators render H3543
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BSB rendering counts
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has faded
2
grow weak
1
have grown dim
1
restrain
1
utterly blinded
1
weak
1
were so weak
1
will faint
1
KJV rendering counts
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also is dim
1
and he restrained
1
darkened
1
he shall not fail
1
shall be utterly
1
shall faint
1
was not dim
1
were dim
1
Verses containing H3543
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When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, weave, or knit.
And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
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