Lexicon kahah: To grow dim, to faint, to be weak Original Word: כָּהָה Strong's Exhaustive Concordance darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, utterly A primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull -- darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly. Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [כָּהָה] verb be or grow dim, faint (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּהָא; compare Arabic  be  , i.e. weak, cowardly) — Qal Perfect3feminine singular כָּֽהֲתָה Deuteronomy 34:7; Imperfect יִכְהֶה Isaiah 42:4; 3feminine singular תִּכְהֶה Zechariah 11:17; וַתֵּ֫כַהּ Job 17:7; וַתִּכְהֶיןָ Genesis 27:1; Infinitive absolute כָּהֹה Zechariah 11:17; — grow dim, of eye Genesis 27:1 (J), Deuteronomy 34:7; Job 17:7; of violent putting out of eye Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); he shall not grow dim Isaiah 42:4, of servant of ׳י under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or grow faint (compare Di). Pi`el Perfect3feminine singular וְכִהֲתָה consecutive Ezekiel 21:12 (subject כָּלרֿוּחַ; "" וְנָמֵס כָּללֵֿב) grow faint (Pi`el intransitive, Ges§ 52 k, Köi. 187; but read perhaps כָּֽהֲתָה). II. [כָּהָה] verb Pi`el rebuke (Syriac כהן (√ of following; meaning dubious, see Dr2Samuel 8:18; Arabic verb Topical Lexicon Word Origin: A primitive rootCorresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G1634: ἐκκακέω (ekkakeō) • to lose heart, to grow weary Usage: The verb כָּהָה (Kahah) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a state of weakness, despondency, or dullness. It can refer to physical dimness, such as the dimming of eyesight, or metaphorical dullness, such as a lack of vigor or spirit. Context: • The root כָּהָה (Kahah) appears in various contexts within the Hebrew Scriptures, often conveying a sense of diminishing strength or clarity. It is used to describe the dimming of eyesight in old age, as seen in Genesis 27:1, where Isaac's eyes are described as "dim" (כָּהוּ) so that he could not see. This physical dimness is emblematic of the natural decline associated with aging. Forms and Transliterations וְכִהֲתָ֣ה וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ וַתֵּ֣כַהּ וכהתה ותכה ותכהין יִכְהֶה֙ יכהה כִהָ֖ה כָּהֹ֥ה כָהֲתָ֥ה כהה כהתה תִכְהֶֽה׃ תכהה׃ chahaTah chiHah ḵā·hă·ṯāh kā·hōh ḵāhăṯāh kaHoh kāhōh ḵi·hāh ḵihāh tichHeh ṯiḵ·heh ṯiḵheh vatTechah vattichHeina vechihaTah wat·tê·ḵah wat·tiḵ·he·nā wattêḵah wattiḵhenā wə·ḵi·hă·ṯāh wəḵihăṯāh yichHeh yiḵ·heh yiḵhehLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 27:1 HEB: זָקֵ֣ן יִצְחָ֔ק וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְאֹ֑ת NAS: were too dim to see, KJV: and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, INT: was old Isaac dim and his eyes to see Deuteronomy 34:7 1 Samuel 3:13 Job 17:7 Isaiah 42:4 Ezekiel 21:7 Zechariah 11:17 Zechariah 11:17 8 Occurrences |
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, Mandean כהא (NöM. 72) id.), only 
is divine, and 
(Qor 52:29) is a seer, the organ (mostly) of a jinn, rarely of a god: the 
and the כֹּהֵן must have been originally identical (both alike being guardians of an oracle, at a sanctuary); but their functions diverged: the 
gradually lost his connection with the sanctuary, and sank to be a mere diviner; the כהן acquired fuller sacrificial functions: see RSEnc. Brit. ed. 9, xix. 727; WeSkizzen iii. 130 ff., 167; NowArchaeology ii. 89 f.; Phoenician כהן is priest, כהנת priestess). 
