7186 - qasheh

Strong's Concordance

Original word: קָשֶׁה
Transliteration: qasheh
Definition (short): hard
Definition (full): hard, severe

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from qashah
Definition: hard, severe
NASB Translation: cruel (2), difficult (2), fierce (2), hard (5), hardship (1), harsh (4), harshly (5), heavier (1), obstinate (1), obstinate* (5), oppressed (1), severe (2), stubborn (1), stubborn* (3), stubbornness* (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From qashah; severe (in various applications) -- churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.

see HEBREW qashah

References

Strong's 7186: 36 Occurrences
KJV: And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
NASB: When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."
KJV: The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
NASB: "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
KJV: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
NASB: and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.
KJV: And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
NASB: So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.
KJV: And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
NASB: They judged the people at all times; the difficult dispute they would bring to Moses, but every minor dispute they themselves would judge.