Strong’s
H6949Verb4 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Ecclesiastes 10:10קֵהָה
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
- Jeremiah 31:29תִּקְהֶינָה
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
- Ezekiel 18:2תִּקְהֶינָה
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[קָהָה] vb. be blunt, dull
Qal (all of teeth)
Pi. in sense of Qal: if the iron be blunt.
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.