כֵּהֶה
kêheh · kay-heh'
feeble, obscure
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3543 (כָּהָה);
feeble, obscure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֵּהֶה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be somewhat dark2 · 22%
- but be somewhat dark2 · 22%
- but it be somewhat dark1 · 11%
- be darkish1 · 11%
- to wax dim1 · 11%
- and the smoking1 · 11%
- of heaviness1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.