Strong's Concordance H7185

Original Word: קָשָׁה
Transliteration: qâshâh
Phonetic Spelling: kaw-shaw'
a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications); be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 35:16 - And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard H7185 labour.

Genesis 35:17 - And it came to pass, when she was in hard H7185 labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

Genesis 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: H7185 I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

Exodus 7:3 - And I will harden H7185 Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 13:15 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly H7185 let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

Deuteronomy 1:17 - Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard H7185 for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 2:30 - But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened H7185 his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

Deuteronomy 15:18 - It shall not seem hard H7185 unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

1 Samuel 5:7 - And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore H7185 upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

2 Samuel 19:43 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer H7185 than the words of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 12:4 - Thy father made H7185 our yoke grievous: H7185 now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

2 Kings 2:10 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: H7185 nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

2 Kings 17:14 - Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened H7185 their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

2 Chronicles 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: H7185 now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

2 Chronicles 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, H7185 as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 36:13 - And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened H7185 his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

Nehemiah 9:16 - But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened H7185 their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Nehemiah 9:17 - And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened H7185 their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Nehemiah 9:29 - And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened H7185 their neck, and would not hear.

Job 9:4 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened H7185 himself against him, and hath prospered?

Psalms 95:8 - Harden H7185 not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Proverbs 28:14 - Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth H7185 his heart shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 29:1 - He, that being often reproved hardeneth H7185 his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Isaiah 8:21 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead H7185 and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

Jeremiah 7:26 - Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened H7185 their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Jeremiah 17:23 - But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, H7185 that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

Jeremiah 19:15 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened H7185 their necks, that they might not hear my words.