# H3543 כָּהָה

כָּהָה (kâhâh), Strong’s H3543: to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull KJV: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, [idiom] utterly…

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*kâhâh* — to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull

KJV: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, [idiom] utterly.

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [כָּהָה] vb. Pi. rebuke, only 1 S 3:13
- כָּהָה vb
- [כָּהָה] vb. be or grow dim, faint
- Qal grow dim
- Pi. grow faint

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 27:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=1) — When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My…
- [Deuteronomy 34:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/34?v=7) — Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
- [1 Samuel 3:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/3?v=13) — For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a…
- [Isaiah 42:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=4) — He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
- [Ezekiel 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=12) — It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart…
- [Zechariah 11:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/11?v=17) — Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be…
- [Job 17:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/17?v=7) — My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.