ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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ܩܘܫ Q-W-SH
hard, difficult
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܒܩܘܫܬܐ
bqwštʾ
bqwshth'
in-hard, difficult[fem] Matthew 22:16 Luke 20:21 Acts 12:11 Romans 2:2 1 Corinthians 13:6 2 Corinthians 7:14 Ephesians 6:14 Philippians 1:18 Colossians 1:6 2 Thessalonians 2:12 Psalms 9:9 Psalms 19:10 Psalms 51:8 Psalms 63:3 Psalms 86:11 Psalms 119:151 Psalms 145:18 Proverbs 29:14 Isaiah 10:20 Isaiah 11:4 ... +6
ܕܩܘܫܬܐ
dqwštʾ
dqwshth'
of-hard, difficult[fem] John 6:32 Romans 1:18 2 Corinthians 6:7 Ephesians 1:13 Ephesians 4:24 Colossians 1:5 2 Thessalonians 2:10 James 1:18 James 5:19 Psalms 7:12 Psalms 31:6 Psalms 45:5 Psalms 51:21 Psalms 107:7 Psalms 119:43 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 14:25 Proverbs 16:11 Proverbs 22:21 Proverbs 22:21 ... +5
ܩܘܫܬܐ
qwštʾ
qwshth'
hard, difficult[fem] Luke 12:57 Romans 9:1 2 Corinthians 7:14 2 Corinthians 13:8 2 Corinthians 13:8 Ephesians 4:21 Ephesians 4:25 1 Timothy 2:7 1 Timothy 6:5 James 3:14 Psalms 15:2 Psalms 23:3 Psalms 119:160 Psalms 146:6 Proverbs 8:7 Proverbs 11:18 Proverbs 23:23 Proverbs 26:28 Isaiah 59:14 Isaiah 59:15 ... +1
ܘܩܘܫܬܐ
wqwštʾ
wqwshth'
and-hard, difficult[fem] John 1:14 Ephesians 5:9 Psalms 25:10 Psalms 61:8 Psalms 85:11 Psalms 86:15 Proverbs 3:3 Proverbs 20:28 Isaiah 39:8
ܘܒܩܘܫܬܐ
wbqwštʾ
wbqwshth'
and.in-hard, difficult[fem] Psalms 89:15 Psalms 111:8 Proverbs 16:6
ܩܘܫܘ
qwšw
qwshw
hard, difficult[3pl] Peal Matthew 7:7 Luke 11:9 Psalms 47:2
ܐܩܘܫ
ʾqwš
'qwsh
[impf]hard, difficult Aphel Psalms 92:4 Ezekiel 21:22
ܩܘܫ
qwš
qwsh
hard, difficult Peal Ezekiel 6:11 Ezekiel 21:18
ܩܘܫܝ
qwšy
qwshy
hard, difficult-my Isaiah 23:16
ܘܐܩܘܫ
wʾqwš
w'qwsh
and-[impf]hard, difficult Aphel Psalms 92:4
ܩܘܫܬܗ
qwšth
qwshthh
hard, difficult-his Psalms 91:4
ܘܩܘܫ
wqwš
wqwsh
and-hard, difficult Ezekiel 21:19
ܘܩܘܫܬܗ
wqwšth
wqwshthh
and-hard, difficult-his Psalms 57:4
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
קָשֶׁה qasheh hard
Arabic Cognates

No Arabic cognates available for this root.