Lexical Definition

‎כָּאָה‎ kâʼâh (kaw-aw') be disheartened ^H:V
a primitive root

broken, be grieved, make sad.

• to despond
• causatively, to deject

1) to be sad, be disheartened, be cowed
1a) (Niphal) to be disheartened, be cowed
1b) (Hiphil) to make sad

See Greek: διαστρέφω · ἐξωθέω · κατανύσσω · ταπεινόω

Extended Information

• be cowed

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּאָה‎] verb Niph`al be disheartened, cowed (compare Arabic draw back timidly, abstain, through timidity) —

Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנִכְאָה‎ consecutive Dan 11:30 then shall he be cowed; Participle ‎נִכְאֵה לֵבָב‎ Ps 109:16 downhearted (|| ‎עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֺן‎). Hiph`il Infinitive construct ‎הַכְאוֺת לֵב צַדִּיק‎ Ezek 13:22 but ᵐ5 ᵑ7 Co ‎הכאבתן‎ see ‎כָּאַב‎.

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