קַשְׁיוּת f. (preced. wds.) 1) (sub. עורף) stiffneckedness; (sub. לב) hard-heartedness. Taan. 6ᵃ, v. מַלְקוֹשׁ. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) (play on מקשת אסרו, Is. XXII, 3) מקַשְׁיוּתָם נמסרו וכ׳ for their stubbornness they were given over to the governments. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to רבה קשת, Gen. XXI, 20) רָבָה וקַשְׁיוּתוֹ עמו he (Ishmael) grew, and his stubbornness with him; [anoth. vers.] רבה וקשיותו אמו he grew, and the cause of his renitence was his mother (who encouraged him in his sinful ways); a. e. —2) erection, sensual desire. Ib. s. 98 (play on קשתו, Gen. XLIX, 24) ק׳ שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה וכ׳ the sensual desire which seized thee when thou wast with thy mistress.