Strong’s H6949 · Hebrew
קָהָה
qâhâh · kaw-haw'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to be dull
In the King James Version be set on edge, be blunt.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Ecclesiastes 10:10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.