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Lexicon :: Strong's H6901 - qāḇal

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קָבַל
Transliteration
qāḇal
Pronunciation
kaw-bal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1980

Strong’s Definitions

קָבַל qâbal, kaw-bal'; a primitive root; to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively):—choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H6901 in the following manner: receive (6x), took (3x), choose (1x), held (1x), take hold (1x), undertook (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H6901 in the following manner: receive (6x), took (3x), choose (1x), held (1x), take hold (1x), undertook (1x).

  1. to take, receive, be before

    1. (Piel)

      1. to take, choose, receive

      2. to accept

      3. to accept, assume

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to show oppositeness

      2. to correspond, receive one to the other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָבַל qâbal, kaw-bal'; a primitive root; to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively):—choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.
STRONGS H6901: Abbreviations
† [קָבַל] verb
Pi. receive, take (late) (Aramaic loan-word (and in Aramaic denominative) Gerber32, compare Aramaic (לִ)קְבֵיל in front, bdb086701 opposite, Biblical Aramaic לָקֳבֵל before, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene לקבל over against, Nabataean id., in view of; also Sabean לקבל in view of CISiv, No. 79, 11. 2. 4. 5. 8, Assyrian ḳablu, encounter; verbs are: Sabean קבל accept, DHMZMG xxix (1875), 615; xxx (1876), 672; Arabic bdb086702 be in front, opposite, bdb086703 accept, admit; Ethiopic bdb086704, especially III. 2, go to meet, accept; Late Hebrew קָבַל accuse, Pi. = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic קַבֵּל, bdb086705 receive); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קִבֵּל Esther 4:4 + (Esther 9:27 Qr קִבְּלוּ); 3rd person plural קִבּלוּ Ezra 8:30; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וַיְקַבְּלֵם 1 Chronicles 12:19 [1 Chronicles 12:18] (18 van d. H.); 3rd person masculine plural וַיְקַבְּלוּ 2 Chronicles 29:16, 2 Chronicles 29:22; 1st person plural נְקַבֵל Job 2:10 (twice in verse); Imperative masculine singular קַבֵּל Proverbs 19:20, קַבֶּלֿ 1 Chronicles 21:11; —
1. take, with accusative of thing 2 Chronicles 29:22; Ezra 8:30; accusative omitted 2 Chronicles 29:16, + ל reflexive = choose 1 Chronicles 21:11; receive, with accusative of person 1 Chronicles 12:19 [1 Chronicles 12:18] (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:18).
2. accept, with accusative of thing Job 2:10 (twice in verse); מוּסָר ק׳ Proverbs 19:20; accusative omitted Esther 4:4.
3. accept, assume, and obligation, followed by clause, Esther 9:23, followed by infinitive Esther 9:27 (+ עַל reflexive).
Hiph. Participle feminine plural מַקְבִּילֹת shew oppositeness, i.e. correspond, one to (אֶל) another Exodus 26:5; Exodus 36:12 (both P).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6902.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

26:5; 36:12

1 Chronicles

12:18; 12:18; 12:18; 21:11; 21:11

2 Chronicles

29:16; 29:16; 29:22; 29:22

Ezra

8:30; 8:30

Esther

4:4; 4:4; 9:23; 9:27; 9:27

Job

2:10; 2:10

Proverbs

19:20; 19:20

H6901

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Strong's Number H6901 matches the Hebrew קָבַל (qāḇal),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:12 - He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, O David,
and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:11 - So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Choose what you will:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - When Esther’s young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews firmly obligated themselves and their offspring and all who joined them, that without fail they would keep these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”[fn] In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20 - Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
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