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Lexicon :: Strong's H3526 - kāḇas

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כָּבַס
Transliteration
kāḇas
Pronunciation
kaw-bas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 946

Strong’s Definitions

כָּבַס kâbaç, kaw-bas'; a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative:—fuller, wash(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H3526 in the following manner: wash (47x), fuller (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H3526 in the following manner: wash (47x), fuller (4x).

  1. to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller

    1. (Qal) washer, fuller, treader (participle)

    2. (Piel) to wash (garments, person)

    3. (Pual) to be washed

    4. (Hothpael) to be washed out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּבַס kâbaç, kaw-bas'; a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative:—fuller, wash(-ing).
STRONGS H3526: Abbreviations
[כָּבַס] 51 verb (tread), wash (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כבס as participle; Assyrian kabâsu, tread (down), subjugate, kibšu, step, path, DlHWB) —
Qal Participle only מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֺבֵס highway of fuller's (= treader's, washer's) field Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 36:2 = 2 Kings 18:17.
Pi. Perfect וְכִּבֶּס consecutive Leviticus 13:6 11 times; כִּבֵּס Genesis 49:11; 2 Samuel 19:25, etc.; Imperfect יְכַבֵּס Leviticus 11:25 16 times; 2rd person masculine singular suffix תְּכַבְּסֵנִי Psalm 51:9, etc.; Imperative suffix כַּבְּסֵנִי Psalm 51:4; feminine singular כַּבְּסִי Jeremiah 4:14; Participle plural מְכַבְּסִים Malachi 3:2; —
1. wash garments (i.e. by treading) Exodus 19:10,14 (E), 2 Samuel 19:25; figurative of Judah Genesis 49:11; elsewhere chiefly P: Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 11:25,28; Leviticus 13:6,34; Leviticus 15:11; Numbers 8:9 +; || רָחץ (which = wash person) Leviticus 14:8,9; Leviticus 15:5,6,7,8,10, 11 + (כ׳ in Leviticus 27 times, || ר׳ 15 times; in Numbers 8 times, || ר׳ 3 times); Participle = fuller (compare Qal), only בֹּרִית מְכ׳ Malachi 3:2.
† 2. wash person, only in poetry and figurative אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Jeremiah 2:22; כַּבְּסִי מֵרָעָה לִבֵךְ Jeremiah 4:14; with suffix Psalm 51:4 (|| טהר; + מֵעָוֺן); Psalm 51:9 (|| חִטֵּא).
†Pu. Perfect וְכֻבַּס consecutive Leviticus 13:58; Leviticus 15:17 be washed, of garment.
†Hothp. (Ges§ 54, 3) Infinitive אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּס אֶתהַֿנֶּגַע Leviticus 13:55 after the plague is washed out, so Leviticus 13:56.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:11; 49:11

Exodus

19:10; 19:14

Leviticus

6:20; 11:25; 11:25; 11:28; 13:6; 13:6; 13:34; 13:55; 13:56; 13:58; 14:8; 14:9; 15:5; 15:6; 15:7; 15:8; 15:10; 15:11; 15:11; 15:17

Numbers

8:9

2 Samuel

19:25; 19:25

2 Kings

18:17

Psalms

51:4; 51:4; 51:9; 51:9

Isaiah

7:3; 36:2

Jeremiah

2:22; 4:14; 4:14

Malachi

3:2; 3:2

H3526

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Strong's Number H3526 matches the Hebrew כָּבַס (kāḇas),
which occurs 51 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:11 - Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:25 - and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - and he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:40 - and whoever eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased area has faded and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:54 - then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up for another seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - And the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the appearance of the diseased area has not changed, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean. You shall burn it in the fire, whether the rot is on the back or on the front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:56 - “But if the priest examines, and if the diseased area has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the skin or the warp or the woof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - But the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any article made of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows. He shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:6 - And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:8 - And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:10 - And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 - “And when the one with a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count for himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes. And he shall bathe his body in fresh water and shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:17 - And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:22 - And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:27 - And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:26 - And he who lets the goat go to Azazel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:28 - And he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:16 - But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:7 - Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - And the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:7 - Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:8 - The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And this shall be a perpetual statute for the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:19 - And the clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. Thus on the seventh day he shall cleanse him, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:2 - Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 - Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - And the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub[fn] your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh[fn] from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:22 - Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:2 - But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
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