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It is often used in the context of physical or metaphorical dimming, such as the fading of eyesight or the weakening of strength. The term can also imply a reduction in brightness or clarity, whether in a literal or figurative sense.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, physical strength and clarity of vision were highly valued, both literally and metaphorically. The dimming of eyesight or weakening of strength was often associated with aging or divine judgment. The concept of "kahah" would resonate with a society that placed great importance on vitality and the ability to perceive and act with clarity.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. [<font class="hebrew2">כָּהָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be or grow dim, faint</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">כְּהָא</font>; compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046205.gif"> <em>be</em> <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046206.gif">, i.e. <em>weak, cowardly</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">כָּֽהֲתָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Deuteronomy 34:7</a>; <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יִכְהֶה</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42-4.htm">Isaiah 42:4</a>; 3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">תִּכְהֶה</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11-17.htm">Zechariah 11:17</a>; <font class="hebrew2">וַתֵּ֫כַהּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/17-7.htm">Job 17:7</a>; <font class="hebrew2">וַתִּכְהֶיןָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/27-1.htm">Genesis 27:1</a>; <em>Infinitive absolute</em> <font class="hebrew2">כָּהֹה</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11-17.htm">Zechariah 11:17</a>; — <em>grow dim</em>, of eye <a href="/interlinear/genesis/27-1.htm">Genesis 27:1</a> (J), <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Deuteronomy 34:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/17-7.htm">Job 17:7</a>; of violent putting out of eye <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11-17.htm">Zechariah 11:17</a> (twice in verse); <em>he shall not grow dim</em> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42-4.htm">Isaiah 42:4</a>, of servant of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font> under figure of lamp or fire (see Kay Che De), or <em>grow faint</em> (compare Di). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">וְכִהֲתָה</font> consecutive <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Ezekiel 21:12</a> (subject <font class="hebrew2">כָּלרֿוּחַ</font>; "" <font class="hebrew2">וְנָמֵס כָּללֵֿב</font>) <em>grow faint</em> (Pi`el intransitive, Ges<sup>§ 52</sup> <em>k</em>, Kö<sup>i. 187</sup>; but read perhaps <font class="hebrew2">כָּֽהֲתָה</font>). <p> II. [<font class="hebrew2">כָּהָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb Pi`el</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>rebuke</b></font> (Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046207.gif">, Mandean <font class="hebrew2">כהא</font> (Nö<sup>M. 72</sup>) <em>id.</em>), only <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/3-13.htm">1 Samuel 3:13</a> followed by <font class="hebrew2">בְּ</font>, <font class="hebrew2">וְלֹא</font> <font class="hebrew2">כִהָה בָּם</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">כהן</font> (√ of following; meaning dubious, see Dr<sup>2Samuel 8:18</sup>; Arabic verb <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046208.gif"> is <em>divine</em>, and <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046209.gif"> (Qor 52:29) is <em>a seer</em>, the organ (mostly) of a jinn, rarely of a god: the <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046210.gif"> and the <font class="hebrew2">כֹּהֵן</font> must have been originally identical (both alike being guardians of an oracle, at a sanctuary); but their functions diverged: the <img src="/bdbgif/bdb046211.gif"> gradually lost his connection with the sanctuary, and sank to be a mere diviner; the <font class="hebrew2">כהן</font> acquired fuller sacrificial functions: see RS<sup>Enc. Brit. ed. 9, xix. 727</sup>; We<sup>Skizzen iii. 130 ff.</sup>, 167; Now<sup>Archaeology ii. 89 f.</sup>; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">כהן</font> is <em>priest</em>, <font class="hebrew2">כהנת</font> <em>priestess</em>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, utterly <p>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. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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 yiḵheh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/27-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 27:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">זָקֵ֣ן יִצְחָ֔ק <b> וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ </b> עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְאֹ֑ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> were too <span class="itali">dim</span> to see,<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and his eyes <span class="itali">were dim,</span> so that he could not see,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/27-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was old Isaac <span class="itali">dim</span> and his eyes to see<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/34-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 34:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּמֹת֑וֹ לֹֽא־ <b> כָהֲתָ֥ה </b> עֵינ֖וֹ וְלֹא־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> his eye <span class="itali">was not dim,</span> nor<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his eye <span class="itali">was not dim,</span> nor his natural force<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/34-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> died nor <span class="itali">dim</span> his eye nor<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 3:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּנָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א <b> כִהָ֖ה </b> בָּֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> on themselves <span class="itali">and he did not rebuke</span> them.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> made themselves vile, <span class="itali">and he restrained</span> them not.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his sons did not <span class="itali">rebuke</span><p><b><a href="/text/job/17-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 17:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַתֵּ֣כַהּ </b> מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> My eye <span class="itali">has also grown dim</span> because<br><a href="/kjvs/job/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Mine eye <span class="itali">also is dim</span> by reason of sorrow,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/17-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">grown</span> of grief my eye<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/42-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 42:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> לֹ֤א <b> יִכְהֶה֙ </b> וְלֹ֣א יָר֔וּץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/42.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He will not be disheartened</span> or crushed<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/42.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He shall not fail</span> nor be discouraged,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not <span class="itali">will not be disheartened</span> or crushed<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/21-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 21:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָל־ יָדַ֜יִם <b> וְכִהֲתָ֣ה </b> כָל־ ר֗וּחַ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> every spirit <span class="itali">will faint</span> and all knees<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and every spirit <span class="itali">shall faint,</span> and all knees<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/21-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all hands <span class="itali">will faint</span> every spirit<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 11:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְעֵ֥ין יְמִינ֖וֹ <b> כָּהֹ֥ה </b> תִכְהֶֽה׃ ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And his right eye <span class="itali">will be blind.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> eye <span class="itali">shall be utterly</span> darkened.<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> eye and his right <span class="itali">will be blind</span> will be blind<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 11:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְמִינ֖וֹ כָּהֹ֥ה <b> תִכְהֶֽה׃ </b> ס </span><br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> eye shall be utterly <span class="itali">darkened.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/11-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and his right will be blind <span class="itali">will be blind</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3543.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3543.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3543<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chahatah_3543.htm">ḵā·hă·ṯāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chihah_3543.htm">ḵi·hāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kahoh_3543.htm">kā·hōh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tichheh_3543.htm">ṯiḵ·heh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vattechah_3543.htm">wat·tê·ḵah — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vattichheina_3543.htm">wat·tiḵ·he·nā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechihatah_3543.htm">wə·ḵi·hă·ṯāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yichheh_3543.htm">yiḵ·heh — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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