Quick Definition
faint
Strong's Definition
feeble, obscure
Derivation: from H3543 (כָּהָה);
KJV Usage: somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking.
TWOT Reference: 957a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כֵּהֶה (ke.heh) — faint. dim, dull, colourless, be dark, faint
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · כהה
Afraid
Collocation: רוּחַ כֵּהָה
(one's) courage fails literally: a weakened spirit; hence: = state in which humans have lost courage
Lax
faded, dull, smoldering literally: weakened; hence: = state in which a condition or process has lost its intensity
Unable
weak, dim literally: weakened; hence: = state in which parts of the human body have lost their ability to function as they should
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[כֵּהֶה] adj. dim, dull, faint base