What does קַשׁ (qaš) mean in the Bible?
קַשׁ (qaš): Dried plant residue left after grain harvest, symbolizing worthlessness or judgment in prophetic contexts
Hebrew · H7179
קַשׁ
Straw (as dry )
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קַשׁ H7179
Pronunciation qaš
What does קַשׁ (qaš) mean in the Bible?
קַשׁ (qaš): Dried plant residue left after grain harvest, symbolizing worthlessness or judgment in prophetic contexts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7179?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include like stubble (4), like chaff (3), stubble (3), chaff (2), will be stubble (2).
Where does קַשׁ (qaš) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 5:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (5), Job (3), Exodus (2), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It like stubble 4× Exodus 15:7, Isaiah 40:24, Isaiah 47:14, Nahum 1:10
like chaff 3× Job 41:28, Psalms 83:13, Jeremiah 13:24
stubble 3× Exodus 5:12, Isaiah 33:11, Joel 2:5
chaff 2× Job 13:25, Isaiah 41:2
will be stubble 2× Obadiah 1:18, Malachi 4:1
as straw 1× Job 41:29
the straw 1× Isaiah 5:24
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 5:12 קַ֖שׁ to stubble Noun - masculine singular Exodus 15:7 כַּקַּֽשׁ׃ to like stubble Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 13:25 קַ֖שׁ to chaff Noun - masculine singular Job 41:28 לְ֝קַ֗שׁ to like chaff Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Job 41:29 כְּ֭קַשׁ to as straw Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 83:13 כְּ֝קַ֗שׁ to like chaff Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 5:24 קַ֜שׁ to the straw Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 33:11 קַ֑שׁ to stubble Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 40:24 כַּקַּ֥שׁ to like stubble Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 41:2 כְּקַ֥שׁ to chaff Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 5:12
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 9
Exodus 2 Job 3 Psalms 1 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 1 Joel 1 Obadiah 1 Nahum 1 Malachi 1
Source forms
כְּקַ֥שׁ 2x kə·qaš Isaiah 41:2, Nahum 1:10
קַ֖שׁ 2x qaš Exodus 5:12, Job 13:25
כְקַשׁ֙ 1x ḵə·qaš Isaiah 47:14
כְּ֭קַשׁ 1x kə·qaš Job 41:29
כְּ֝קַ֗שׁ 1x kə·qaš Psalms 83:13
כַּקַּ֥שׁ 1x kaq·qaš Isaiah 40:24
כְּקַשׁ־ 1x kə·qaš- Jeremiah 13:24
כַּקַּֽשׁ׃ 1x kaq·qaš Exodus 15:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 6x Exodus 5:12, Job 13:25, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 33:11
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular 6x Job 41:29, Psalms 83:13, Isaiah 41:2, Isaiah 47:14
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x Exodus 15:7, Isaiah 40:24
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 2x Job 41:28, Obadiah 1:18
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Dried plant residue left after grain harvest, symbolizing worthlessness or judgment in prophetic contexts
Source Gloss
straw (as dry )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Dried plant residue left after grain harvest, symbolizing worthlessness or judgment in prophetic contexts
straw (as dry) BDB: stubble Usage: stubble.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
קַשׁ is built from this root:
קָשַׁשׁ H7197
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain