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Lexicon :: Strong's H3533 - kāḇaš

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כָּבַשׁ
Transliteration
kāḇaš
Pronunciation
kaw-bash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 951

Strong’s Definitions

כָּבַשׁ kâbash, kaw-bash'; a primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate:—bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H3533 in the following manner: subdue (8x), bring into subjection (3x), bring into bondage (2x), keep under (1x), force (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H3533 in the following manner: subdue (8x), bring into subjection (3x), bring into bondage (2x), keep under (1x), force (1x).

  1. to subject, subdue, force, keep under, bring into bondage

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bring into bondage, make subservient

      2. to subdue, force, violate

      3. to subdue, dominate, tread down

    2. (Niphal) to be subdued

    3. (Piel) to subdue

    4. (Hiphil) to bring into bondage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּבַשׁ kâbash, kaw-bash'; a primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate:—bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.
STRONGS H3533: Abbreviations
† [כָּבַשׁ] verb subdue, bring into bondage (Late Hebrew id., press, oppress; Aramaic כְּבַשׁ, bdb046104 tread down, beat or make a path, subdue; Arabic bdb046105 press, squeeze, knead (body or limb, as in the bath, massage), also attack, assault) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural וְכָֽבְשׁוּ consecutive Zechariah 9:15; Imperfect יִכְבּוֺשׁ Micah 7:19; וַיִּכְבְּשׁוּם Jeremiah 34:11 Qr (Kt Hiph.), etc.; Imperative plural suffix כִּבְשֻׁהָ Genesis 1:28; Infinitive כְּבוֺשׁ 2 Chronicles 28:10; Esther 7:8; Participle כֹּבְשִׁים Nehemiah 5:5; —
1. bring into bondage, followed by accusative + לַעֲבָדִים Jeremiah 34:11, 16; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Nehemiah 5:5.
2. (late) subdue, force, a woman Esther 7:8 (= earlier עִנָּה).
3. subdue, dominate, the earth Genesis 1:28 (P), Zechariah 9:15 (of conquest); tread down, followed by אַבְנֵיקֶֿלַע; figurative subdue, followed by עֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ Micah 7:19.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִכְבְּשָׁה Joshua 18:1 + 3 times; Participle feminine plural נִכְבָּשׁוֺת Nehemiah 5:5; — passive of Qal 1, subject בְּנוֺתֵינוּ Nehemiah 5:5; of Qal 3, subject הָאָרֶץ (of conquest) Numbers 32:22, 29; Joshua 18:1 (all P), 1 Chronicles 22:18.
Pi. Perfect כִּבֵּשׁ 2 Samuel 8:11, object גּוֺיִם (of conquest).
Hiph. Imperfect bring into bondage, followed by accusative + לַעֲבָדִים Jeremiah 34:11 Kt (Qr Qal).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:28; 1:28

Numbers

32:22; 32:29

Joshua

18:1; 18:1

2 Samuel

8:11

1 Chronicles

22:18

2 Chronicles

28:10; 28:10

Nehemiah

5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5

Esther

7:8; 7:8

Jeremiah

34:11; 34:11; 34:11; 34:16

Micah

7:19; 7:19

Zechariah

9:15; 9:15

H3533

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Strong's Number H3533 matches the Hebrew כָּבַשׁ (kāḇaš),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue H3533 it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [fn]sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued H3533 before Yahweh, then afterward you shall return and be free of obligation toward Yahweh and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross with you over the Jordan in the presence of Yahweh, and the land is subdued H3533 before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 -

Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued H3533 before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he had set apart as holy from all the nations which he had subdued H3533:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 - “Is not Yahweh your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued H3533 before Yahweh and before His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - “So now you are [fn]intending to subdue H3533 for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have your own matters of guilt against Yahweh your God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - “But now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing H3533 our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced H3533 into H3533 subjugation H3533, and we have no power in our hands to help, and our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Now the king returned from the garden of his palace into the [fn]place where they were drinking wine. And Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. So the king said, “Will he even assault H3533 the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - But afterwards they turned around and returned to themselves the male slaves and the female slaves, whom they had let go as free, and subdued H3533 them to be male slaves and female slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - “Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man [fn]returned to themselves his male slave and each man his female slave whom you had let go as free according to their desire, and you subdued H3533 them to be your male slaves and female slaves.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 -

He will again have compassion on us;

He will subdue H3533 our iniquities.

And You will cast all [fn]their sins

Into the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15 -

Yahweh of hosts will defend them.

And they will consume and trample H3533 on the stones of a sling;

And they will drink and roar as with wine;

And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl,

Drenched like the corners of the altar.

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