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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3533 matches the Hebrew כָּבַשׁ (kāḇaš),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 -

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 -

“and the land is subdued before the LORD ​— ​afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 -

Moses told them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 -

The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 -

King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued ​— ​

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 -

“The LORD your God is with you, isn’t he? And hasn’t he given you rest on every side? For he has handed the land’s inhabitants over to me, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and his people.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 -

“Now you plan to reduce the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, to slavery. Are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 -

“We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless[fn] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 -

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,[fn] Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the house? ” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 -

Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had let go free and forced them to become slaves again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 -

“But you have changed your minds and profaned my name. Each has taken back his male and female slaves who had been set free to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 -

He will again have compassion on us;

he will vanquish our iniquities.

You will cast all our[fn] sins

into the depths of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15 -

The LORD of Armies will defend them.

They will consume and conquer with slingstones;

they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.

They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,

like those at the corners of the altar.

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