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Lexicon :: Strong's H6908 - qāḇaṣ

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קָבַץ
Transliteration
qāḇaṣ
Pronunciation
kaw-bats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1983

Strong’s Definitions

קָבַץ qâbats, kaw-bats'; a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect:—assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's H6908 in the following manner: gather (70x), gather together (42x), assemble (6x), gather up (3x), heap (1x), gather out (1x), resort (1x), surely (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's H6908 in the following manner: gather (70x), gather together (42x), assemble (6x), gather up (3x), heap (1x), gather out (1x), resort (1x), surely (1x), miscellaneous (2x).
  1. to gather, assemble

    1. (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to assemble, gather

      2. to be gathered

    3. (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away

    4. (Pual) to be gathered together

    5. (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָבַץ qâbats, kaw-bats'; a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect:—assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.
STRONGS H6908: Abbreviations
קָבַץ 127 verb gather, collect (synonym אָסַף) (Arabic bdb086709 grasp, seize; Sabean קבץֿ harvest, in דֿק׳, attribute of 'Aṯtar, according to FellZMG liv (1900), 237 f.; Ethiopic bdb086710 is fail, despair; Late Hebrew קִבָּץ = Biblical Hebrew); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ 1 Kings 20:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְבָּץֿ Psalm 41:7, וַיִּקְכֹּץ Genesis 41:48 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְבֹץ 1 Kings 18:19, masculine plural קִבְצוּ 1 Samuel 7:5 +; Infinitive construct suffix לְקָבְצִי Zephaniah 3:8; Participle active קֹבֵץ Ezekiel 22:19; Proverbs 13:11; passive plural קְכוּצִים Nehemiah 5:16; — gather, collect:
1. with accusative of thing, grain Genesis 41:35, 48 (E), booty Deuteronomy 13:17 (+ אֶל location), money 2 Chronicles 24:5 (+ מִן person), so Ezekiel 16:31 (Gr Toy Krae, reading לִקְבֹּץ from לְקַלֵּס, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version. Symm); accusative omitted קֹבֵץ Proverbs 13:11 one gathering by degrees; figurative אָֿוֶן לוֺ לִבּוֺ יִק׳ Psalm 41:7 his heart gathereth wickedness to itself.
2. usually with accusative of person gather, assemble, + ה locative 1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 29:1 (for battle); + אֶל location 1 Kings 18:20; Ezra 8:15; Esther 2:3; + אֶל person 2 Samuel 3:21; Habakkuk 2:5 (in figurative; || אָסַף); + עַל (= אֶל) person 1 Kings 11:24; + אֶל person and location 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Chronicles 32:6; + מִן local 2 Chronicles 23:2, compare Ezra 7:28; accusative of person alone 1 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Kings 10:18; Nehemiah 7:5 (+ infinitive purpose), Joel 2:16 (|| אָסַף), 2 Chronicles 15:9; 24:5; 25:5; passive with שָׁם + עַל of work Nehemiah 5:16; for י׳'s judgement Zephaniah 3:3 (|| אָסַף), Ezekiel 22:20 compare Ezekiel 22:19 (+ אֶלאתּוֺךְ; figurative of metals into furnace); specifically for war, battle, Judges 12:4; 1 Samuel 28:1; 2 Samuel 2:30; 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 6:24; + לַצָּבָא 1 Samuel 28:1 (1 Samuel 29:1 see above).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נִקְבְּצוּ Joshua 10:6 +, etc.; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּקָּבֵץ Ezekiel 29:5; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּקָּֽבְצוּ 1 Samuel 7:6 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הִקָּֽבְצוּ Genesis 49:2 +; Infinitive construct הִקָּבֵץ Ezra 10:7 +; Participle plural נִקְבָּצִים Jeremiah 40:15, suffix נִקְבָּצָיו Isaiah 56:8; —
1. intransitive assemble, gather 1 Samuel 25:1; Genesis 49:2; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 48:14; Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 60:4; Joel 4:11 [Joel 3:11]; 2 Chronicles 20:4 (+ infinitive purpose) 2 Chronicles 32:4; for war 1 Samuel 28:4; Joshua 10:6 (with אֶל against); with ה locative 1 Samuel 7:6, accusative of location Ezra 10:7, 9; 2 Chronicles 15:10; with אֶל person unto Jeremiah 40:15; 1 Chronicles 13:2; Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 4:14, compare 2 Chronicles 13:7 (עַל for אֶל); אֶל person + ה locative 1 Chronicles 11:1; with יַחְדָּו Hosea 2:2; Isaiah 43:9 (|| אָסַף), Psalm 102:23; of birds and beasts Isaiah 34:15 (with שָׁם), Ezekiel 39:17.
2. passive be gathered Isaiah 60:7 (of flocks, + ל person), Esther 2:8 (+ אֶל location), Esther 2:19; participle with suffix person Isaiah 56:8; Ezekiel 29:5 (|| אסף) read תִּקָּבֵר Hi (not Sm) Co Berthol Toy Krae.
Pi.51 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix וְקִכֶּצְךָ Deuteronomy 30:3 consecutive, קִבְּצָם Micah 4:12; Psalm 107:3, קִכְּצָן Isaiah 34:16; 3rd person feminine singular קִבָּ֑צָה Isaiah 1:7, etc.; Imperfect יְקַבֵּץ Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 40:11, etc.; Imperative, masculine singular suffix קַכְּצֵנוּ 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 106:47; Infinitive absolute קַכֵּץ Micah 2:12; construct קַכֵּץ Isaiah 66:13 etc.; Participleמְקַכֵּץ Nahum 3:18 +, etc.; — gather together:
1. usually of י׳ gathering his dispersed people (accusative), sometimes under figure of flock: Micah 2:12 + infinitive absolute (|| אָסַף), Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19, 20; Jeremiah 31:10; Zechariah 10:8; Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 56:8a, compare also Isaiah 40:11; with accusative + מִן local Deuteronomy 30:3, 4; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 31:8; Jeremiah 32:37; Ezekiel 11:17 + 6 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 37:21 (מִסָּבִיב), Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 43:5; Zechariah 10:10; Nehemiah 1:9 Psalm + Neh 106:4, compare || 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 107:3; accusative + עַל person Isaiah 56:8b (compare Niph. Participle); = (gather and) restrain Hosea 8:10 (with accusative alone); of י׳ gathering dispersed Egyptians, accusative + מִן local Ezekiel 29:13; gathering the nations (accusative) for judgment Micah 4:12; Isaiah 66:18; Joel 4:2; gathering lovers of Jerusalem (under figure of harlot) Ezekiel 16:37 (twice in verse) (מִסָּבִיב + עַל person against); gathering beasts into Edom Isaiah 34:16.
2. men subject: מִצְרַיִם תְּקַבְּצֵם מֹף תְּקַבְּרֵם Hosea 9:6 (compare Ezekiel 29:5 Niph., above), Nehemiah 13:11; with accusative of thing Micah 1:7 (+ מִן), Isaiah 22:9; Isaiah 62:9; Proverbs 28:8; אֵין מְקַבֵּץ none that gathereth Isaiah 13:14 (accusative omitted), Nahum 3:18 (id.), Jeremiah 49:5 (followed byלַֹנּדֵד, compare ל 3 near the end).
3. perhaps (gather and so) take away (= אָסַף 4), Nahum 2:11; Joel 2:6 see פָּארוּר.
Pu. Participle מְקֻבֶּצֶת Ezekiel 38:8 (with מִן) of land (for people) of Israel
Hithp. gather together (intransitive), be gathered together. Perfect 3rd person plural הִתְקַבְּצוּ Judges 9:47; 1 Samuel 7:7 (+ ה locative); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Samuel 22:2 (+ אֶל person), יִתְק׳ Isaiah 44:11; for battle, war, Imperative masculine plural הַתְקַבְּצוּ Jeremiah 49:14; Imperfect also Joshua 9: (with יִחְדָּו, + infinitive purpose), + אַחֲרֵי person 2 Samuel 2:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:35; 41:48; 41:48; 49:2; 49:2

Deuteronomy

13:17; 30:3; 30:3; 30:4

Joshua

9; 10:6; 10:6

Judges

9:47; 12:4

1 Samuel

7:5; 7:5; 7:6; 7:6; 7:7; 8:2; 22:2; 25:1; 28:1; 28:1; 28:4; 29:1; 29:1

2 Samuel

2:25; 2:30; 3:21

1 Kings

11:24; 18:19; 18:19; 18:20; 20:1; 20:1; 22:6

2 Kings

6:24; 10:18

1 Chronicles

11:1; 13:2; 16:35; 16:35

2 Chronicles

13:7; 15:9; 15:10; 18:5; 20:4; 23:2; 24:5; 24:5; 25:5; 32:4; 32:6

Ezra

7:28; 8:15; 10:1; 10:7; 10:7; 10:9

Nehemiah

1:9; 4:14; 5:16; 5:16; 7:5; 13:11

Esther

2:3; 2:8; 2:19

Psalms

41:7; 41:7; 102:23; 106:47; 107:3; 107:3

Proverbs

13:11; 13:11; 28:8

Isaiah

1:7; 11:12; 11:12; 13:14; 22:9; 34:15; 34:16; 34:16; 40:11; 40:11; 43:5; 43:9; 44:11; 45:20; 48:14; 49:18; 54:7; 56:8; 56:8; 56:8; 56:8; 60:4; 60:7; 62:9; 66:13; 66:18

Jeremiah

23:5; 29:14; 31:8; 31:10; 32:37; 40:15; 40:15; 49:5; 49:14

Ezekiel

11:17; 16:31; 16:37; 22:19; 22:19; 22:20; 29:5; 29:5; 29:5; 29:13; 37:21; 38:8; 39:17

Hosea

2:2; 8:10; 9:6

Joel

2:6; 2:16; 3:11

Micah

1:7; 2:12; 2:12; 4:6; 4:12; 4:12

Nahum

2:11; 3:18; 3:18

Habakkuk

2:5

Zephaniah

3:3; 3:8; 3:19; 3:20

Zechariah

10:8; 10:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6908 matches the Hebrew קָבַץ (qāḇaṣ),
which occurs 127 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Neh 7:5–Eze 38:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:5 -

Then my God put it into my heart, and I gathered H6908 the nobles, the officials, and the people to be recorded by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first, and in it I found written:

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I contended against the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” Then I gathered H6908 them together and had them stand in their posts.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather H6908 every young virgin, beautiful in appearance, to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the hand of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who keeps charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 -

Now it happened that when the word and law of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered H6908 to the citadel of Susa into the hand of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s [fn]house into the hand of Hegai, who kept charge of the women.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:19 -

And when the virgins were gathered H6908 together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 -

And [fn]when he comes to see me, he speaks [fn]worthlessness;

His heart gathers H6908 wickedness to itself;

When he goes outside, he speaks it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:22 -

When the peoples are gathered H6908 together,

And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 -

Save us, O Yahweh our God,

And gather H6908 us from among the nations,

To give thanks to Your holy name

And revel in Your praise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 -

And gathered H6908 from the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the [fn]south.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 -

Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles,

But the one who gathers H6908 [fn]with his hand abounds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:8 -

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury

Gathers H6908 it for him who is gracious to the lowly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 -

And He will lift up a standard for the nations

And assemble the banished ones of Israel,

And will gather H6908 the scattered of Judah

From the four corners of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:14 -

And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,

Or like sheep with none to gather H6908 them,

They will each turn to his own people,

And each one flee to his own land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:9 -

And you saw that the breaches

In the wall of the city of David were many;

And you collected H6908 the waters of the lower pool.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 -

The [fn]owl will make its nest and find its escape there,

And it will hatch its eggs and gather them in its shade.

Surely, the [fn]falcons will be gathered H6908 there,

Every one with its kind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:16 -

Seek from the book of Yahweh, and read:

Not one of these will be missing;

None will lack its mate.

For [fn]His mouth has commanded,

And His Spirit has gathered H6908 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 -

Like a shepherd He will shepherd His flock;

In His arm He will gather H6908 the lambs

And carry them in His bosom;

He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5 -

“Do not fear, for I am with you;

I will bring your seed from the east,

And gather H6908 you from the west.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 -

All the nations have gathered H6908 together

So that the peoples may be assembled.

Who among them can declare this

And make us hear the former things?

Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified,

Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions will be put to shame. The craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble H6908 themselves, let them stand up, let them be in dread, let them together be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 -

“Gather H6908 yourselves and come;

Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations;

They do not know,

Who carry about their graven image of wood

And pray to a god who cannot save.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 -

“Assemble H6908, all of you, and hear!

Who among them has declared these things?

Yahweh loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,

And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:18 -

“Lift up your eyes and look around;

All of them gather H6908 together; they come to you.

As I live,” declares Yahweh,

“You will surely put on all of them as [fn]jewels and bind them on as a bride.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 -

[fn]For a brief moment I forsook you,

But with great compassion I will gather H6908 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:8 -

Lord Yahweh, who gathers H6908 the banished of Israel, declares,

“Yet others I will gather H6908 to [fn]them, to those already gathered H6908.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:4 -

“Lift up your eyes round about and see;

They all gather H6908 together; they come to you.

Your sons will come from afar,

And your daughters will be [fn]carried on the nurses’ hip.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 -

“All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered H6908 together to you;

The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;

They will go up with acceptance on My altar,

And I shall [fn]adorn My [fn]glorious house with beautiful glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 -

But those who collect it will eat it and praise Yahweh;

And those who gather H6908 it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 -

“And I [fn]know their works and their thoughts; [fn]the time is coming to gather H6908 all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - “Then I Myself will gather H6908 the remnant of My flock out of all the land where I have banished them and cause them to return to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:14 - ‘I will be found by you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will [fn]return your [fn]fortunes and will gather H6908 you from all the nations and from all the places where I have banished you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will cause you to return to the place from where I sent you into exile.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 -

“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,

And I will gather H6908 them from the remote parts of the earth,

Among them the blind and the lame,

The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;

A great assembly, they will return here.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 -

Hear the word of Yahweh, O nations,

And declare in the coastlands far away,

And say, “He who dispersed Israel will gather H6908 him

And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37 - “Behold, I will gather H6908 them out of all the lands to which I have banished them in My anger, in My wrath, and in great indignation; and I will cause them to return to this place and make them inhabit it in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “Let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and not a man will know! Why should he strike down your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered H6908 to you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 -

“Behold, I am going to bring dread upon you,”

Declares Lord Yahweh of hosts,

“From all around you;

And each of you will be banished [fn]headlong,

With no one to gather H6908 the one who flees.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:14 -

I have heard a message from Yahweh,

And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying,

“Gather H6908 yourselves together and come against her,

And rise up for battle!”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17 - “Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will gather H6908 you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - therefore, behold, I will gather H6908 all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather H6908 them against you from all around and uncover your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:34 - “And I will bring you out from the peoples and gather H6908 you from the lands where you are scattered, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - [fn]As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather H6908 you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - “Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather H6908 you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - ‘As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather H6908 you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will lay you there and melt you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I gather H6908 the house of Israel from the peoples, among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their [fn]land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 -

“I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals of the Nile;

You will fall on the [fn]open field; you will not be brought together or [fn]gathered H6908.

I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:13 -

‘For thus says Lord Yahweh, “At the end of forty years I will gather H6908 the Egyptians from the peoples [fn]among whom they were scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:13 - “I will bring them out from the peoples and gather H6908 them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:24 - “And I will take you from the nations, gather H6908 you from all the lands, and bring you into your own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21 - “And speak to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather H6908 them from every side and bring them into their own land;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - “After many days you will be mustered; in the last years you will come into the land that is [fn]restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered H6908 from many peoples to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but [fn]its people were brought out from the peoples, and they are living securely, all of them.

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