koach

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Pronunciations

koach (KOH-ahkh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Strength, fortitude.

Example Sentences

  • "I'm skipping karate tonight - I just don't have the koach."

  • "You won't be able to make a skirt out of this material—it has no koach to it." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • כוח koah 'strength'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      koah, koakh

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