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Lexicon :: Strong's H6895 - qāḇaḇ

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קָבַב
Transliteration
qāḇaḇ
Pronunciation
kaw-bab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1978

Strong’s Definitions

קָבַב qâbab, kaw-bab'; a primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words):—× at all, curse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H6895 in the following manner: curse (7x), at all (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H6895 in the following manner: curse (7x), at all (1x).

  1. to curse, utter a curse against

    1. (Qal) to curse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָבַב qâbab, kaw-bab'; a primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words):—× at all, curse.
STRONGS H6895: Abbreviations
† II. [קָבַב] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב] יקו Ecclus 41:7); —
Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה (Ges§ 58 d) Numbers 23:8; 2nd person masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ Numbers 23:27; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב (Ges§ 67 g) Leviticus 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם); 2nd person masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Numbers 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1st person singular אֶקֹּב Numbers 23:8 (object omitted); וָאֶקּוֺב נָוֵהוּ Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; Greek Version of the LXX Du read וַיִּדְקַב, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּפָקֵד Bu; וַיוּקַב CheJQ July, 1897, 575; וַיִּבֹּק BevJPhil, xxvi. 308 (compare Isaiah 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 51:2; Nahum 2:3)); 3rd person masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ Job 3:8; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי (Ges§ 67 p Köi. 329 ff.) Numbers 22:11, 17, suffix 3rd person masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי (Ges§ 67 o) Numbers 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also Numbers 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב Numbers 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב Numbers 23:11; Numbers 24:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

24:11

Numbers

22:11; 22:17; 23:8; 23:8; 23:11; 23:13; 23:25; 23:25; 23:27; 23:27; 24:10

Job

3:8; 5:3

Proverbs

11:26; 24:24

Isaiah

24:1; 24:3

Jeremiah

51:2

Nahum

2:3

H6895

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6895 matches the Hebrew קָבַב (qāḇaḇ),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - Lo, the people that is coming out from Egypt and covereth the eye of the land, -- now come, pierce it for me; it may be I am able to fight against it, and have cast it out;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:17 - for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11 - And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee -- and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - And Balak saith unto him, 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God -- to pierce it for me from thence.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, 'To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
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