קַשְׁיוּתָא, hardness, severity. Targ. Ex. I, 14 (h. text פרך).
קַשְׁיוּתָא, stiffneckedness, renitence. Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵇ bot. עד כדון את בקַשְׁיוּתָךְ dost thou still persist in thy renitence?; Koh. R. to VII, 11. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ top. Esth. R. introd. (play on ממקשי, Job XXXIV, 30) מן קַשְׁיוּתֵיהֶן וחיביהן וכ׳ for the renitence and the guilt of men who do not the will of the Creator; a. e.