From qashah; severe (in various applications) -- churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.
see HEBREW qashah
H7186. qasheh
קָשֶׁה adjective hard, severe; — absolute ׳ק Exodus 18:26 +; construct 32:9 +; feminine singular קָשָׁה Deuteronomy 26:6 +; construct קְשַׁת 1 Samuel 1:15; masculine plural קָשִׁים 2 Samuel 3:39; construct קְשֵׁי Ezekiel 2:4; 3:7; feminine plural קָשׁוֺת Genesis 42:7, 30; —
1 hard, difficult, of a legal question (דָּבָר) Exodus 18:26 (E).
2. a. severe, of battle 2 Samuel 2:17, wind Isaiah 27:8, servitude (עֲבֹדָה) 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Deuteronomy 26:6; Isaiah 14:3; Exodus 1:14; 6:9 (both P); as n.collective קָשָׁה עַמְּךָ הִרְאִיתָ Psalm 60:5 thou hast made thy people see severe things; יוֺם קְשֵׁה Job 30:25 i.e. one whose time (life) is hard, so 1 Samuel 1:15 (reading יוֺם קְשַׁת for ᵐ5 ׳ק, רוּחַ Th We Dr and others); severe, rough, of lord (אֲדֹנִים) Isaiah 19:4, compare 2 Samuel 3:39 (with מִן compare [מִמֶּנּוּ? see HPS]); עַלֿ וְקָשָׁה הָלוֺח Judges 4:24 the hand of the sons of Israel went on being more and more severe upon Jabin; fierce, relentless, of ׳י's sword Isaiah 27:1 (in figurative); rough, rude 1 Samuel 25:3; severe things, of language Genesis 42:7, 30 (E; with דִּדֶּר), 1 Samuel 20:10; 1 Kings 12:13 2 Chronicles 10:13 (all with עָנָה); קָשָׁה אֵלַיִח שָׁלוּחַ וְאָנֹכִי 1 Kings 14:6 I am commissioned with a severe (message) unto thee (Ges§ 121d. N.2 DaSynt. §§ 75 (d), 80); קָשָׁה חָזוּת Isaiah 21:2.
b. fierce, intense, vehement, of קִנְאָה Song of Solomon 8:6 ("" עַזָּה; compare Genesis 49:9).
3 עַםקְֿשֵׁהעֹֿרֶף a people stiff of neck, stubborn, Exodus 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9 (all J E), Deuteronomy 9:6, 13; הַקָּשֶׁה עָרְמְּךָ 31:27; compare הַקָּשָׁה דַּרְכָּם Judges 2:19; פָנִים קְשֵׁי Ezekiel 2:4 (+ חִזְקֵילֵֿב), קְשֵׁאלֵֿב 3:7 (+ חִזְקֵימְֿצַח); ׳ק alone = stubborn Isaiah 48:4.