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Lexicon :: Strong's H3680 - kāsâ

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כָּסָה
Transliteration
kāsâ
Pronunciation
kaw-saw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1008

Strong’s Definitions

כָּסָה kâçâh, kaw-saw'; a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):—clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x

The KJV translates Strong's H3680 in the following manner: cover (135x), hide (6x), conceal (4x), covering (2x), overwhelmed (2x), clad (1x), closed (1x), clothed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x
The KJV translates Strong's H3680 in the following manner: cover (135x), hide (6x), conceal (4x), covering (2x), overwhelmed (2x), clad (1x), closed (1x), clothed (1x).
  1. to cover, conceal, hide

    1. (Qal) conceal, covered (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be covered

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cover, clothe

      2. to cover, conceal

      3. to cover (for protection)

      4. to cover over, spread over

      5. to cover, overwhelm

    4. (Pual)

      1. to be covered

      2. to be clothed

    5. (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּסָה kâçâh, kaw-saw'; a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):—clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780.
STRONGS H3680: Abbreviations
† I. [כָּסָה] verb cover (Late Hebrew כָּסָה Pi; Aramaic כְּסָא chiefly Pa; bdb049101 Pa. hide, cover; bdb049102 covering, bdb049103 garment; Arabic bdb049104 (bdb049105) clothe, bdb049106 garment; Assyrian kusû, cover: kusîtu, garment DlHWB 342) —
Qal, only Participle active כֹּסֶה; —
1. conceal shame Proverbs 12:16; knowledge Proverbs 12:23.
2. passive (construct) כְּסוּי חֲטָאָה Psalm 32:1 covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight) (|| נְשׂוּ־פֶּשַׁע).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִכְסָ֑תָּה, covered, with waves Jeremiah 51:42; Infinitive construct הִכָּסוֺת Ezekiel 24:8, (blood) not to be covered.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כִּסָּה Numbers 9:15 + 12 times; suffix כִּסָּהוּ Leviticus 17:13; Numbers 17:7; כִּסָּמוֺ Exodus 15:10; 3rd person feminine singular כִּסְּתָה Genesis 38:15 + 5 times; 1st person singular כִּסִּיתִי Psalm 32:5 + 3 times; כִּסֵּתִי Ezekiel 31:15 (strike out Co); כִּסֵּיתִי Ezekiel 32:7 + 13 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְכַסֶּה Isaiah 6:2 + 8 times; וַיְכַס Exodus 10:15 + 4 times; suffix יְכַסֶּ֑דָּ Habakkuk 2:17; יְכַסֶּנָּה Ezekiel 30:18; 3rd person masculine plural suffix יְכַסְיֻמוּ Exodus 15:5 + 41 times Imperfect; Imperative suffix כַּסּוּנוּ Hosea 10:8; Infinitive construct כַּסּוֺת Malachi 2:13 + 11 times; כַּסֹּת Numbers 4:15; suffix כַּסֹּתוֺ Exodus 26:13; Participle מְכַסֶּה Proverbs 10:18 + 12 times; plural מְכַסִּים Isaiah 11:9; feminine plural מְכַסּוֺת Ezekiel 1:11, 23 (twice in verse); —
1. cover, clothe Judges 4:19; Ezekiel 16:10 (2 accusative), Ezekiel 16:18; Jonah 3:6 is apparently reflexive, with accusative of garment (strange; read perhaps וַיִּכָּס); nakedness Genesis 9:23 (J), Exodus 28:42 (P), Ezekiel 16:8; Hosea 2:11; the naked Isaiah 58:7; Ezekiel 18:7, 16 (+ accusative of thing); the face and legs of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); bodies of cherubim Ezekiel 1:11, 23 (twice in verse); the face Genesis 38:15 (J), Ezekiel 12:6, 12, figurative Job 23:17; earth with the great deep Psalm 104:6; heavens with glory Habakkuk 3:3; with בְּ of the clothing Genesis 38:14 (J), Deuteronomy 22:12, these two apparently reflexive, compare Jonah 3:6 above; Judges 4:18; 1 Kings 1:1; heaven with clouds Psalm 147:8, with glory Ezekiel 32:7.
2. cover, conceal blood Genesis 37:26 (J), Job 16:18; human ordure Deuteronomy 23:14; mountains conceal men from God Hosea 10:8; cover transgressions Job 31:33; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 28:13; iniquity Psalm 32:5; righteousness Psalm 40:11; hatred Proverbs 10:18; a thing Proverbs 11:13; face of judge so that he cannot see justice Job 9:24; rulers and seers Isaiah 29:10; with בְּ of covering Leviticus 17:13 (H), 1 Samuel 19:13; face by fat Job 15:27; sun by a cloud Ezekiel 32:7; with מִן from whom Genesis 18:17 (J), Job 33:17.
3. cover (with covering of protection), a pit Exodus 21:33 (Covt. code); with cloud of incense, the Kapporeth Leviticus 16:13 (P); coverings of the sacred tent, tabernacle, and their furniture Exodus 26:13; Numbers 4:9, 15 (P); with בְּ of the covering Numbers 4:5, 8, 11, 12 (P); Zion בְּצֵל יָדִי Isaiah 51:16.
4. cover, spread over, fat, the inwards Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 3:3, 9, 14; Leviticus 4:8 (with עַל), Leviticus 7:3 (P); leprosy, the skin and flesh Leviticus 13:12, 13 (P); the cloud of the theophany, the mount Exodus 24:15, 16 (P), the tent of meeting Exodus 40:34; Numbers 17:7 (P), and the tabernacle Numbers 9:15, 16 (P); altar with tears Malachi 2:13 (2 accusative); Jerusalem with multitude of camels Isaiah 60:6; of handiwork 1 Kings 7:18, 41, 42 2 Chronicles 4:12, 13.
5. cover, overwhelm, followed by accusative, the sea the Egyptians Exodus 14:28 (P), Exodus 15:5, 10 (song), Joshua 24:7 (E), Psalm 78:53; Psalm 106:11; waters Job 22:11; Job 38:34; Psalm 104:9; Jeremiah 46:8; Ezekiel 26:19; locusts the eye of the land Exodus 10:5, 15 (J), also Israel Numbers 22:5, 11 (J); frogs the land Exodus 8:2 (P); quails the camp Exodus 16:13 (P); cloud the land Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 38:9, 16; darkness the earth Isaiah 60:2; dust a city Ezekiel 26:10; the depths of the sea by God Job 36:30; with a reference to a person's shame Psalm 44:16; Psalm 69:8; Jeremiah 51:51; Obadiah 10; Micah 7:10; horror Psalm 55:6; Ezekiel 7:18; violence Proverbs 10:6, 11; Habakkuk 2:17; confusion Jeremiah 3:25; mischief Psalm 140:10; God covers sin Psalm 85:3 (|| נשׂא עון), compare Psalm 32:1 (Qal).
6. followed by על of person or thing covered, cover over: cherubim over the ark 2 Chronicles 5:8; over the dead, the earth Numbers 16:33 (JE), Psalm 106:17; Isaiah 26:21, worms Job 21:26; dust over blood Ezekiel 24:7; waters over the sea Habakkuk 2:14, compare לַיָּם Isaiah 11:9; (see Dr§ 135. 7 Obs.); love covereth over all sins Proverbs 10:12; God covereth over iniquity Nehemiah 3:37; people not to cover over a guilty person Deuteronomy 13:9; + accusative of object covering (DaSynt. § 75), figurative covering over the garment with violence Malachi 2:16; God's hands with light Job 36:32; + בְּ of covering Psalm 44:20.
Note.(אֵלֶיךָ) כִסִּתִי Psalm 143:9 is error for חָסִיתִי according to Greek Version of the LXX κατέφυγον SS, but חסה not construct with אֶלֿ; חִכִּיתִי Bae; הֶאֱבַלְתִּי כִּסֵּתִי עָלָיו אֶתתְּֿהוֺם Ezekiel 31:15 according to Co I caused the deep to mourn for them (strike out כסתי).
Pual. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural כָּסּוּ Psalm 80:11; Proverbs 24:31; Imperfect יְכֻסֶּה Ecclesiastes 6:4; plural וַיְכֻסּוּ Genesis 7:19, 20; Participle plural מְכֻסִּים 1 Chronicles 21:16; feminine plural מְכֻסּוֺת Ezekiel 41:16.
1. followed by accusative be covered, hills with shadow Psalm 80:11; mountains with water Genesis 7:19, 20 (P); field with nettles Proverbs 24:31; absolute, windows of temple Ezekiel 41:16.
2. followed by בְּ, be clothed, with sackcloth 1 Chronicles 21:16; name with darkness Ecclesiastes 6:4.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְכַּס Isaiah 37:1 = 2 Kings 19:1; 3rd person feminine singular תִּכַּסֶּה Proverbs 26:26; וַתִּתְכָּ֑ס Genesis 24:65; plural יִתְכַּסּוּ Isaiah 59:6; Jonah 3:8; Participle מִתְכַּסֶּה 1 Kings 11:29; plural מִתְכַּסִּים Isaiah 37:2 = 2 Kings 19:2; — cover, clothe oneself, absolute (of veil) Genesis 24:65 (J); with בְּ, of new garment 1 Kings 11:29; sackcloth 2 Kings 19:1, 2= Isaiah 37:1, 2; figurative of works Isaiah 59:6, of hatred with guile Proverbs 26:26; with accusative Jonah 3:5 (H8242 שַׂקִּים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:19; 7:19; 7:20; 7:20; 9:23; 18:17; 24:65; 24:65; 37:26; 38:14; 38:15; 38:15

Exodus

8:2; 10:5; 10:15; 10:15; 14:28; 15:5; 15:5; 15:10; 15:10; 16:13; 21:33; 24:15; 24:16; 26:13; 26:13; 28:42; 29:13; 29:22; 40:34

Leviticus

3:3; 3:9; 3:14; 4:8; 7:3; 13:12; 13:13; 16:13; 17:13; 17:13

Numbers

4:5; 4:8; 4:9; 4:11; 4:12; 4:15; 4:15; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 16:33; 17:7; 17:7; 22:5; 22:11

Deuteronomy

13:9; 22:12; 23:14

Joshua

24:7

Judges

4:18; 4:19

1 Samuel

19:13

1 Kings

1:1; 7:18; 7:41; 7:42; 11:29; 11:29

2 Kings

19:1; 19:1; 19:2; 19:2

1 Chronicles

21:16; 21:16

2 Chronicles

4:12; 4:13; 5:8

Job

9:24; 15:27; 16:18; 21:26; 22:11; 23:17; 31:33; 33:17; 36:30; 36:32; 38:34

Psalms

32:1; 32:1; 32:5; 32:5; 40:11; 44:16; 44:20; 55:6; 69:8; 78:53; 80:11; 80:11; 85:3; 104:6; 104:9; 106:11; 106:17; 140:10; 143:9; 147:8

Proverbs

10:6; 10:11; 10:12; 10:18; 10:18; 11:13; 12:16; 12:23; 17:9; 24:31; 24:31; 26:26; 26:26; 28:13

Ecclesiastes

6:4; 6:4

Isaiah

6:2; 6:2; 11:9; 11:9; 26:21; 29:10; 37:1; 37:1; 37:2; 37:2; 51:16; 58:7; 59:6; 59:6; 60:2; 60:6

Jeremiah

3:25; 46:8; 51:42; 51:51

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:11; 1:23; 1:23; 7:18; 12:6; 12:12; 16:8; 16:10; 16:18; 18:7; 18:16; 24:7; 24:8; 26:10; 26:19; 30:18; 30:18; 31:15; 31:15; 32:7; 32:7; 32:7; 38:9; 38:16; 41:16; 41:16

Hosea

2:11; 10:8; 10:8

Obadiah

1:10

Jonah

3:5; 3:6; 3:6; 3:8

Micah

7:10

Habakkuk

2:14; 2:17; 2:17; 3:3

Malachi

2:13; 2:13; 2:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3680 matches the Hebrew כָּסָה (kāsâ),
which occurs 153 times in 149 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Pro 26:26–Mal 2:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 -

Though his hatred covers H3680 itself with guile,

His evil will be revealed in the assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 -

He who conceals H3680 his transgressions will not prosper,

But he who confesses and forsakes them will receive compassion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for that one comes in vanity and goes into darkness; and that one’s name is covered H3680 in darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered H3680 his face, and with two he covered H3680 his feet, and with two he flew.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 -

They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,

For the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh

As the waters cover H3680 the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:21 -

For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His place

To visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;

And the earth will reveal her bloodshed

And will no longer cover H3680 those of hers who were killed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:10 -

For Yahweh has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep;

He has shut your eyes, the prophets;

And He has covered H3680 your heads, the seers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 -

Now it happened that when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household with Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered H3680 with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - “I have put My words in your mouth and have covered H3680 you with the shadow of My hand, to [fn]establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 -

“Is it not to divide your bread [fn]with the hungry

And bring the afflicted homeless into the house;

When you see the naked, you cover H3680 him;

And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 -

Their webs will not become a garment,

Nor will they cover H3680 themselves with their works;

Their works are works of wickedness,

And a deed of violence is in their [fn]hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 -

“For behold, darkness will cover H3680 the earth

And dense gloom the peoples;

But Yahweh will rise upon you,

And His glory will appear upon you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 -

“A multitude of camels will cover H3680 you,

The young camels of Midian and Ephah;

All those from Sheba will come;

They will bring gold and frankincense,

And will bear good news of the praises of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - “Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover H3680 us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 -

Egypt rises like the Nile,

Even like the rivers whose waters toss about;

And He has said, “I will rise and cover H3680 that land;

I will surely cause the city to perish, as well as its inhabitants.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:42 -

“The [fn]sea has come up over Babylon;

She has been covered H3680 with its tumultuous waves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 -

We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;

Dishonor has covered H3680 our faces,

For strangers have entered

The holy places of the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - And such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering H3680 their bodies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And underneath the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering H3680 its body on the one side and on the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - ‘They will gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror will cover H3680 them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:6 - “In their sight, carry the baggage on your shoulder and bring it out in the dark. You shall cover H3680 your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a wondrous sign to the house of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “The prince who is among them will carry his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. [fn]They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover H3680 his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:8 -

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, [fn]you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered H3680 your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - “I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered H3680 you with silk.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:18 - “Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered H3680 them and gave My oil and My incense before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man does not mistreat anyone, but returns to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers H3680 the naked with clothing,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - or mistreat anyone, or retain a pledge or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers H3680 the naked with clothing;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 -

“For her blood is in her midst;

She placed it on the bare rock;

She did not pour it on the ground

To cover H3680 it with dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 -

“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,

I have put her blood on the bare rock,

That it may not be covered H3680.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - “Because of the abundance of his horses, the fine dust raised by them will cover H3680 you; your walls will shake at the noise of horsemen and [fn]wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:19 -

For thus says Lord Yahweh, “When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover H3680 you,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18 -

“In Tehaphnehes the day will [fn]be dark

When I break there the bars of the yoke of Egypt.

Then the pride of her strength will cease in her;

A cloud will cover H3680 her,

And her daughters will go into captivity.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I covered H3680 it with the [fn]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [fn]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 -

“And when I extinguish you,

I will cover H3680 the heavens and darken their stars;

I will cover H3680 the sun with a cloud,

And the moon will not give its light.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:9 - “And you will go up; you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering H3680 the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:16 - and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover H3680 the land. It will be in the last days that I will bring you against My land so that the nations may know Me when I prove Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - The thresholds, the [fn]latticed windows, and the [fn]galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered H3680),
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 -

“Therefore, I will take back My grain at [fn]harvest time

And My new wine in its season.

I will also deliver My wool and My flax from them

Given to cover H3680 her nakedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 -

Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be [fn]eradicated;

Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;

Then they will say to the mountains,

“Cover H3680 us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 -

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,

[fn]You will be covered H3680 with shame,

And you will be cut off forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his mantle from him, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [fn]ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 -

“But both man and [fn]animal must be covered H3680 with sackcloth; and let [fn]men call on God with their strength that each may turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in [fn]his hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 -

Then my enemy will see,

And shame will cover H3680 her who said to me,

“Where is Yahweh your God?”

My eyes will look on her;

[fn]At that time she will [fn]be trampled down

Like mire of the streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:14 -

“For the earth will be filled

With the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh,

As the waters cover H3680 the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 -

“For the violence [fn]done to Lebanon will cover H3680 you,

And the devastation of its beasts [fn]by which you terrified them,

Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,

To the town and all its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:3 -

God comes from Teman,

And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah.

His splendor covers H3680 the heavens,

And the earth is full of His praise.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 -

“And this is a second thing you do: you cover H3680 the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with groaning because He no longer regards the [fn]offering or receives it as acceptable from your hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:16 - “For [fn]I hate [fn]divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and [fn]him who covers H3680 his garment with [fn]wrong,” says Yahweh of hosts. “Be careful then to keep your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

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