Genesis 27:1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
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Dim
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Lamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
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כָּהָה
kâhâh · kaw-haw'
3 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
Strong's KJV usage: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, × utterly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 27:1Strong's last: Job 17:7
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châshak · khaw-shak'
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
Strong's KJV usage: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Lamentations 5:17Strong's last: Lamentations 5:17
Open full H2821 profile →כָּבַד
kâbad · kaw-bad'
1 times translated as this KJV form121 total Strong's occurrences
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Strong's KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 48:10Strong's last: Genesis 48:10
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kêheh · kay-heh'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
feeble, obscure
Strong's KJV usage: somewhat dark, darkish, wax dim, heaviness, smoking.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 3:2Strong's last: 1 Samuel 3:2
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ʻâmam · aw-mam'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to associate; by implication, to overshadow (by huddling together)
Strong's KJV usage: become dim, hide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Lamentations 4:1Strong's last: Lamentations 4:1
Open full H6004 profile →קוּם
qûwm · koom
1 times translated as this KJV form629 total Strong's occurrences
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
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Strong's first: 1 Samuel 4:15Strong's last: 1 Samuel 4:15
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shâʻâh · shaw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
to gaze at or about (properly, for help); by implication, to inspect, consider, compassionate, be nonplussed (as looking around in amazement) or bewildered
Strong's KJV usage: depart, be dim, be dismayed, look (away), regard, have respect, spare, turn.
Strong's first: Isaiah 32:3Strong's last: Isaiah 32:3
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H8159
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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dim
DIM, adjective [See Damp.]
1. Not seeing clearly; having the vision obscured and indistinct.
When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim Genesis 27:1.
2. Not clearly seen; obscure; imperfectly seen or discovered; as a dim prospect.
3. Somewhat dark; dusky; not luminous; as a dim shade.
4. Dull of apprehension; having obscure conceptions.
The understanding is dim
5. Having its luster obscured; sullied; tarnished.
How is the gold become dim? Lamentations 4:1.
DIM, verb transitive
1. To cloud; to impair the powers of vision; as, to dim the eyes.
2. To obscure; as, to dim the sight; to dim the prospect.
3. To render dull the powers of conception.
4. To make less bright; to obscure.
Each passion dimmed his face.
5. To render less bright; to tarnish or sully; as, to dim gold.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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