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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 - God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 - He said to them, “Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?” As soon 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 took back the slaves they had freed and enslaved them again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - But now you have turned around and profaned my name; each of you has taken back the male and female slaves you had set free to go where they wished. You have forced them to become your slaves again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 - You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15 - and the LORD Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling[fn] the corners of the altar.
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