Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
KJV Usage: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּהָה (ka.hah) — to grow dim. 1) to grow weak, grow dim, grow faint, falter, be weak, be dim, be darkened, be restrained, be faint, fail 1a) (Qal) to grow dim 1b) (Piel) to faint, grow weak, grow faint
כָּהָה (ka.hah) — to rebuke. to rebuke
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · כֵּהֶה · כֵּהָה
Weak | verb qal
to falter, to grow faint = process by which humans gradually lose strength and energy after a prolonged time of activity
Afraid | verb pi | ≈ יָדִַים רפה · לֵב מסס
Collocation: רוּחַ כהה
(one's) courage fails literally: (one's) spirit weakens; hence: = process by which humans lose their courage and grow afraid
Lax | verb pi
to fade literally: to weaken; hence: = process by which a condition gradually loses its intensity
Non-Engage | verb pi
to restrain literally: to weaken (someone) = causative process by which humans try to weaken the resolve of other humans to engage in a certain activity
1 ISA 42:4 NEW NOTE
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[כָּהָה] vb. be or grow dim, faint Qal grow dim
Pi. grow faint
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[כָּהָה] vb. Pi. rebuke, only 1 S 3:13 ref