kehe · dim, faint

What it means

kehe (כֵּהֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dim, faint”.

Dim, faded, gone dark; of a person, faint, weak.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Without shine, about to go dark.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• has faded ×5
• are faded ×1
• dimly burning ×1
• faint ×1
• grow dim ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×6
• 1 Samuel×1
• Isaiah×2

• Leviticus 13:6

  The priest shall examine him on the seventh day a second time, and if the sore has faded and the sore has not spread in the skin, the priest shall declare him clean; it is an eruption; he shall wash his garments and be clean.

• Leviticus 13:21

  But if the priest examines it and, look, there is no white hair in it and it is not lower than the skin but it has faded, the priest shall isolate him seven days.

• Leviticus 13:26

  But if the priest examines it and, look, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is not lower than the skin but it has faded, the priest shall isolate him seven days.

• Leviticus 13:28

  But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread in the skin but it has faded, it is the swelling of the burn, and the priest shall declare him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.

• Leviticus 13:39

  the priest shall examine them, and if on the skin of their body the bright spots are faded white, it is a mere eruption that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.

• Leviticus 13:56

  But if the priest examines it and, look, the mark has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the skin or out of the woven material or out of the knitted material.

• 1 Samuel 3:2

  And it happened on that day, as Eli was lying down in his place (and his eyes had begun to grow dim; he could not see),

• Isaiah 42:3

  A broken reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; in truth he will bring out justice.

• Isaiah 61:3

  to appoint for those who mourn in Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; and they will be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of YHWH, to glorify himself.