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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 - Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - “and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be blameless before the LORD and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - And Moses said to them: “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - Now the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 - “Is not the LORD 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 before the LORD and before His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - “And now you propose to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to be your male and female slaves; but are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - “Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?” As the word left 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 afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - ‘Then you turned around and profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male 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,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all our[fn] sins
Into the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15 - The LORD of hosts will defend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like basins,
Like the corners of the altar.
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