כֶּ֫בֶשׂ
lamb
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
97 distinct verses where H3532 appears in the Absolute state, across 11 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus 5 verses
- Exodus 12:5 הַ/כְּבָשִׂ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
- Exodus 29:38 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
- Exodus 29:39 הַ/כֶּ֥בֶשׂ הַ/כֶּ֣בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening:
- Exodus 29:40 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ prep det + n c ms and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.
- Exodus 29:41 הַ/כֶּ֣בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to its drink-offering, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Leviticus 11 verses
- Leviticus 4:32 כֶּ֛בֶשׂ n c ms "'If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.
- Leviticus 9:3 וָ/כֶ֧בֶשׂ conj + n c ms You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 12:6 כֶּ֤בֶשׂ n c ms "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:
- Leviticus 14:10 כְבָשִׂים֙ n c mp "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
- Leviticus 14:12 הַ/כֶּ֣בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 14:13 הַ/כֶּ֗בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 14:21 כֶּ֣בֶשׂ n c ms "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
- Leviticus 23:12 כֶּ֣בֶשׂ n c ms On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:18 כְּבָשִׂ֤ים n c mp You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. Yhey shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:19 כְבָשִׂ֛ים n c mp You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
- Leviticus 23:20 כְּבָשִׂ֑ים n c mp The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
Numbers 62 verses
- Numbers 6:12 כֶּ֥בֶשׂ n c ms He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
- Numbers 6:14 כֶּבֶשׂ֩ n c ms and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
- Numbers 7:15 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:17 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 7:21 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:23 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
- Numbers 7:27 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:29 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 7:33 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:35 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 7:39 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:41 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 7:45 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:47 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
- Numbers 7:51 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:53 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 7:57 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:59 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 7:63 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:65 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 7:69 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:71 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 7:75 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:77 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
- Numbers 7:81 כֶּֽבֶשׂ n c ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:83 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
- Numbers 7:87 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;
- Numbers 7:88 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
- Numbers 15:5 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ prep det + n c ms and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shall you prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
- Numbers 15:11 בַ/כְּבָשִׂ֖ים prep det + n c mp Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
- Numbers 28:3 כְּבָשִׂ֨ים n c mp You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
- Numbers 28:4 הַ/כֶּ֥בֶשׂ הַ/כֶּ֣בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb shall you offer at even;
- Numbers 28:7 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ prep det + n c ms The drink-offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shall you pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to Yahweh.
- Numbers 28:8 הַ/כֶּ֣בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms The other lamb shall you offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering of it, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
- Numbers 28:9 כְבָשִׂ֥ים n c mp On the Sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, and the drink-offering of it:
- Numbers 28:11 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 28:13 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ prep det + n c ms and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal-offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Numbers 28:14 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ prep det + n c ms Their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
- Numbers 28:19 כְבָשִׂים֙ n c mp but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 28:21 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ הַ/כְּבָשִֽׂים prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp a tenth part shall you offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 28:27 כְבָשִׂ֖ים n c mp but you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;
- Numbers 28:29 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ הַ/כְּבָשִֽׂים prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 29:2 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:4 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ הַ/כְּבָשִֽׂים prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 29:8 כְּבָשִׂ֤ים n c mp but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 29:10 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ הַ/כְּבָשִֽׂים prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c mp a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
- Numbers 29:13 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
- Numbers 29:15 לַ/כֶּ֖בֶשׂ כְּבָשִֽׂים prep det + n c ms n c mp and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
- Numbers 29:17 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:18 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:20 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:21 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:23 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:24 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:26 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:27 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:29 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:30 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:32 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:33 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:36 כְּבָשִׂ֧ים n c mp but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:37 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֛ים conj + prep det + n c mp their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance:
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 וּ/כְבָשִׂ֣ים conj + n c mp They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:22 הַ/כְּבָשִׂ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
- 2 Chronicles 29:32 כְּבָשִׂ֣ים n c mp The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 35:7 כְּבָשִׂ֣ים n c mp Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.
Ezra 1 verse
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 1:11 וּ/כְבָשִׂ֛ים conj + n c mp "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.
- Isaiah 5:17 כְבָשִׂ֖ים n c mp Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
- Isaiah 11:6 כֶּ֔בֶשׂ n c ms The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Ezekiel 7 verses
- Ezekiel 46:4 כְבָשִׂ֛ים n c mp The burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Yahweh shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
- Ezekiel 46:5 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֥ים conj + prep det + n c mp and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
- Ezekiel 46:6 כְּבָשִׂ֛ם n c mp On the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish:
- Ezekiel 46:7 וְ/לַ֨/כְּבָשִׂ֔ים conj + prep det + n c mp and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
- Ezekiel 46:11 וְ/לַ/כְּבָשִׂ֖ים conj + prep det + n c mp In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal-offering shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
- Ezekiel 46:13 וְ/כֶ֨בֶשׂ conj + n c ms You shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily: morning by morning shall you prepare it.
- Ezekiel 46:15 הַ/כֶּ֧בֶשׂ ptcl def.art + n c ms Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal-offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.
Hosea 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
כבש — transliterated kebes — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “lamb.” More than half of its appearances fall in Numbers. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 100 verses — moderately common. Debuting at Exodus 12:5, it then recurs through the corpus. Where the King James Version says “lambs,” newer translations reach for “male lambs” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. See the sense tree, 100-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H3532 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 100
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 100 distinct verses.
- 12 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 12 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #405
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 405 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 100 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 80 verses · 80%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 12 verses · 12%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 8 verses · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Lambs 57×, Lamb 40×, He lamb 3×
- American Standard Version: He-lambs 32×, Lambs 27×, Lamb 26×
- Berean Standard Bible: Male lambs 35×, Lambs 26×, Lamb 19×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Male lambs 40×, Male lamb 26×, Lambs 20×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3532 across 107 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3532 across 107 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3532 across 99 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
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Renders H3532 across 121 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. lamb, for sacrif.: Is 1:11; of daily offering Ex 29:38, 39(×2), 40, 41 Nu 28:3, 4(×2) + 12 times Nu 28; sin-offering Lv 4:32; purification 12:6; 14:10 + 5 times Lv 14; dedication of altar Nu 7:15 + 25 times Nu 7; offerings in 7th month 29:2 + 22 times Nu 29, etc. (87 times Ex Lv Nu all P); in Ezekiel’s temple Ez 46:4 + 6 times Ez 46; 1 Ch 29:21 2 Ch 29:21, 22, 32; 35:7 Ezr 8:35, cf. sim. Je 11:19. e.g. Isaiah 1:11
- 2. lambs, as grazing; symb. of devastation Is 5:17 (cf. GieBeitr. 1890), sim. of Isr. Ho 4:16; in predict. וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כ׳ Is 11:6. e.g. Isaiah 5:17
- 3. lambs, as furnishing wool for clothing: Jb 31:20 גֵּז כ׳, Pr 27:26 כ׳ לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ. e.g. Job 31:20
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Word origin
n.m. Ex 29:38 lamb (√ dub.: NH id., battering-ram; Assyrian kabšu, lamb according to COT Gloss.; Arabic كَبْشٌ is ram, leader; Syriac ܟܶܒܫܳܐ lamb, with anom. ܫ, is very rare, and prob. loan-word; Nö in Frä109)—כ׳ abs. Ex 29:39 + 43 times; pl. כְּבָשִׂים v 38 + 61 times; sf. כְּבָשַׂי Jb 31:20;—
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Origin: from an unused root meaning to dominate
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
כָּבַשׁ
- 1. to press, squeeze. Ohol. VIII, 5 כ׳ את האבן וכ׳ if one pressed a stone on (weighted) the sheet. Bets. 23ᵇ שהיא כּוֹבֶשֶׁת because it (the wagon) presses (the ground) down. Sabb. XX, 5 לא כוֹבְשִׁין you must not screw down, v. מַכְבֵּשׁ; a. fr.—Part. pass. כָּבוּשׁ, f. כְּבוּשָׁה pressed, compressed; pressing. Ib. 135ᵃ; Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 9; a. e. ערלה כ׳ היא the foreskin (which seems to be wanting) is pressed (to the membrum). Tosef. Ohol. IX, 4 כאילו אבנים כְּבוּשׁוֹת וכ׳ as if stones were placed tightly upon them. Ex. R. s. 15 ההר … כְּבוּשִׁין על וכ׳ a mountain on each side pressing upon (preventing the run of) the springs; a. fr.
- 2. כ׳ פנים (בקרקע) to press the face into the ground, to hide one’s self in fear or shame. Snh. 19ᵇ כָּבְשׁוּ פניהם בקרקע they cast their looks down (were afraid to give an opinion). Y. ib. X, 27ᵈ (ref. to Is. VII, 3) א"ת כובס אלא כּוֹבֵשׁ שהיה כובש פניו וכ׳ read not kobes, but kobesh, for he hid his face and fled before him; (Bab. ib. 104ᵃ דכבשינהו לאפי Chald.).—3) to press vegetables, meat &c.; to preserve, pickle. Toh. II, 1 האשה … כּוֹבֶשֶׁת וכ׳ if a woman was pressing vegetables in a pot. Ukts. II, 1 זתים שכְּבָשָׁן וכ׳ olives which one pressed with their leaves; a. fr.—Part. pass. כָּבוּשׁ preserved substance, pickle. Ḥull. 97ᵇ, a. fr. כ׳ הרי הוא כמבושל preserved substances are in ritual law like cooked.—Pl. כְּבוּשִׁין. Pes. II, 6. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. כְּבוּשֵׁיהֶן preserves made by gentiles; a. fr. e.g. Isaiah 7:3
- 4. Trnsf. to store, hide. Ḥag. 13ᵃ (ref. to Prov. XXVII, 26) א"ת כבשים אלא כְּבוּשִׁים Ms. M. (missing in ed.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) read not K’basim (sheep) but K’bushim (hidden things), v. כִּבְשָׁן; Yalk. Prov. 961.—Sot. 10ᵇ; Macc. 23ᵇ (ref. to Gen. XXXVIII, 25) יצאת … ממני יצאו כבושים a divine voice went forth and said, ‘from me went forth the secret things’ (I declare that Judah is the father of Tamar’s children; Ar.: ממני היו הדברים כ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6); Yalk. Gen. 145; Yalk.Sam. 112., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6); Yalk. Gen. 145; Yalk.Sam. 112. e.g. Proverbs 27:26
- to detain (cmp. עצר). Pesik. Bayom, p. 193ᵇ; כָּבְשָׁה אותם מטרונא וכ׳ the matron detained them one day longer; כבשה אותן התורה וכ׳ the Law detained them one day longer (before the Lord); ib. 195ᵃ, sq.; Pesik. R. suppl., s. 4. Gen. R. s. 8, end האיש כּוֹבֵשׁ וכ׳ the man detains his wife from going out; a. e.
- 6. to suppress, restrain, conquer. Snh. XI, 5 (89ᵃ) הכּוֹבֵש את נבואתו (a prophet) who suppresses his prophecy (being afraid to proclaim it). Ab. IV, 1 הכיבש את יצרו who conquers his passion. Lam. R. to V, 1 כובש את הגדול (not כביש), v. זַרְזִיר I. Y. Succ. V, 55ᵇ top עד שאתה מְכַבֵּשׁ … בוא וכְבוֹש וכ׳ instead of conquering the barbarians, come and subdue the Jews; Lam. R. to I, 16; ib. to IV, 19. Ex. R. s. 25 הוא כוֹבְשׁוֹ וכ׳ he suppresses (withholds the evidence) and does not produce it.—כ׳ עון to suppress guilt, to forgive, cause forgiveness. Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61ᵇ; Pesik. R. s. 16, v. כֶּבֶשׁ; a. fr.
- 7. to violate. Esth. R. to VII, 7 [read:] הרי הוא כּוֹבְשֵׁנִי וכ׳ behold, he is attacking me in thy presence.
- 8. to pave, grade a road.—Part. pass. כָּבוּשׁ, f. כְּבוּשָׁה. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 דרך כ׳ a graded road; ib. ed. Bub. 47; Yalk. Num. 764. [Pirké d’R. El. ch. LII כובשים במזלות, read with Yalk. Josh. 22: חושבים; Yalk. Gen. 77 רוגשים.]
- 1. to press, squeeze.—Part. pass. מְכוּבָּשׁ, pl. מְכוּבָּשִׁים. Tosef. Mikv. VI (VII), 17 לכלוכי צואה … המ׳ (ed. Zuck. והמכושים, corr. acc.) secretory substances … which are compressed, i.e. dried up by being sat upon.
- 2. (cmp. סָלַל II) to press down, make even, grade. Bets. IV, 5 מְכַבְּשִׁין you may press the ashes down (make a graded surface for baking); a. e.—Trnsf. to level, make plain. Cant. R. to I, 2 (play on כבשים, Prov. XXVIII, 26, v. כֶּבֶשׁ) … כְּבָשִׁים … תהי׳ מְכַבֵּשׁ לפניהם וכ׳ it may be read K’bashim (grades), as long as thy pupils are young, make the words of the Law plain before them; when they are older reveal to them the secrets (reasons) of the Law; Yalk. ib. 985 הֱיֵה כוֹבֵשׁ לפניהם (another expl., v. infra).—כ׳ את הריחיים [to carve steps for the grain,] to put the millstones in working order. M. Kat. I, 9; expl. ib. 10ᵃ to sharpen the millstones (v. נָקַר I), (oth. opin.) to cut the hole out for the hopper. e.g. Proverbs 28:26
- 3. (interch. with Kal) to conquer, defeat. Y. Peah VII, 20ᶜ top שבע שכִּיבְּשׁוּ seven years during which they were engaged in conquering the land; Ḥull. 17ᵃ שכבשו. Sifré Deut. 51 לכַבֵּש ח"ל עד שלא יְכַבְּשׁוּ וכ׳ to conquer foreign land before they shall have conquered Palestine. Pes. 5ᵇ נכרי שכִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ a gentile who is in thy power. Yeb. 65ᵇ (ref. to וכבשה, Gen. I, 28) איש דרכו לכַבֵּשׁ וכ׳ it is man who conquers (the earth) but not woman; Kidd. 35ᵃ; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 1:28
- 4. to suppress, withhold. Cant. R. l. c. תהי׳ מכבש לפניהם וכ׳ withhold from them, i.e. teach them merely the words of the Law without arguments; (another expl., v. supra).
- 5. (denom. of כֶּבֶשׁ) to storm, climb over. Tosef. Sot. VI, 6 מכבש את הגנות וכ׳ climbing over the garden fences and violating the women; Gen. R. s. 53; Yalk. Gen. 94 מַכְבִּישׁ Hif.
- 1. to be pressed down, suppressed. Pesik. Eth. Korb. p. 61ᵇ כל דבר שהוא נ׳ סופו לצוף whatever is pressed down, is liable to come to the surface again; Pesik. R. s. 16.
- 2. to be submissive. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXX, end when scholars sit down ונִכְבָּשִׁין אלו לאלו and are submissive (respectful) to one another; (Sabb. 63ᵃ ונוחין).
- 3. to have surreptitious intercourse. Sifra Emor, Par. 6, ch. V נ׳ עם; Yeb. VII, 5 נ׳ על.
- to climb, v. supra.
- to be conquered, be taken. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ bot. כמי שנִתְכַּבְּשׁוּ they are to be treated as if they had been subdued (in the days of Joshua). Ib. שמא נִתְכַּבְּשָׁה מד"ת perhaps it was to be taken by the command of the Law; Y. Yeb. VII, 8ᵃ bot. (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 18 עכשיו … מִתְכַּבֶּשֶׁת בידו just now Jerusalem may be taken by him (Sennacherib). [Pesik. Zutr., Ekeb, ed. Bub. p. 30 מתכבשים, מתכבשות, v. כָּתַשׁ.]
כְּבַשׁ
- 1. to press, grade, make a path. Targ. Job XIX, 12 (h. text סלל). Targ. Is. XL, 3; a. e.— Part. pass. כָּבִישׁ, f. כְּבִישָׁא. Targ. O. Num. XX, 19 (not כְּבָשָׁא). Targ. Is. XI, 16; a. e.—Pl. כְּבִישִׁין dams. Ib. XIX, 10.—Erub. 34ᵇ כְּבוּשׁוּ כבשי וכ׳ make a dam (or embankment) in the reed-marshes.
- 2. to press on, to put on (the head). Targ. Y. Lev. VIII, 13 (h. text חבש).
- 3. to bind, fillet; to inlay. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXVIII, 28 (h. text חשק; O. Pa.). Targ. Is. LIV, 11.—Part. pass. as ab.; pl. f. כְּבִישָׁן.
- 4. (with על) to tread upon, to stamp out. Targ. Mic. VII, 19. Targ. Esth. I, 5.
- 5. (interch. with Pa.) to suppress, oppress; to conquer, force; to violate. Targ. Josh. VIII, 21. Targ. Ps. IV, 6. Targ. II Esth. VII, 8; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Targ. Hos. V, 11.—Zeb. 73ᵇ, נִיכְבְּשִׁינְהוּ, v. נוּד ch. Y. Sabb. IV, end, 7ᵃ דילמא לא כ׳ צינתה will it (the band around the head) not overcome (counter-act the effect of) the cold?
- 6. to withhold, detain. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXIX, 22.—Nidd. 39ᵇ a hen that laid one day וכַבְשָׁה יומא וכ׳ and held back (failed to lay) one day &c.
- 7. to hide (the face); to close (the eyes). Targ. Ex. III, 6. Targ. Lev. XX, 4; a. fr.—Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 1 ed. Berl. (ed. Ithpe.); ib. 4 (sub. עינין).—B. Bath. 40ᵇ כְּבִישְׁנָא לשטר וכ׳ I shall hide the deed of mortgage.
- same. Targ. Prov. XVI, 32 מְכַבֵּישׁ Ms. (ed. מַכְבֵּישׁ Af.) who conquers. Targ. Josh. VIII, 19.—Targ. O. Ex. XXXVIII, 28 (v. supra). Targ. Lam. III, 34; a. fr.—Snh. 95ᵃ דכַבְּשִׁית בתקוף ידי which I conquered with the strength of my hand; [ib. כבשית כל מדינתי, read כנשית;] Yalk. Is. 284.—Part. pass. מְכַבַּשׁ, f. מְכַבְּשָׁא; pl. מְכַבְּשִׁין; מְכַכְּשָׁן. Targ. Ex. XXXVIII, 17 (h. text מחשקים). Ib. XXVII, 17 (not מְכֻבָּשִׁין, v. O. ed. Berl.). Targ. Am. VI, 4.—Targ. Jer. XVIII, 15 (h. text סלולה); a. e.
- , v. supra.
- 1. to be conquered; to be subdued, oppressed. Targ. Num. XXXII, 22. Targ. Y. Gen. XVI, 9 (some ed. אתכנעי); a. e.
- 2. (of the face) to be sunk (in fear, shame), to grieve. Targ. Gen. IV, 5; 6 (h. text נפל).
- 3. to withdraw one’s self. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 1, v. supra.
כֶּבֶשׂ
- prob. fr. כבש to be thick, strong; cmp. Arab. kabš, a. v. אִימַּר) sheep (at least one year old). Men. XIII, 7, sq.; a. fr.—Pl. כְּבָשִׂים. Ib. 9 אחד מִכְּבָשַׂי one of my sheep. Zeb. IX, 5; a. fr.—Fem. כִּבְשָׂה or כַּבְשָׂה. Gen. R. s. 44 כ׳ של יחיד the sheep which is offered as an individual’s sacrifice. Tosef. Yeb. III, 4; Yoma 66ᵇ (v. Tosaf. a. l.)—Lev. R. s. 37; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 מביא (אדם) כִּבְשָׂתוֹ וכ׳ let man bring his sheep directly to the Temple court (without previous dedication by a vow); Y. Ned. I, 36ᵈ כִּשְׂבָּתוֹ. Tanḥ. Tol’d. 5; Esth. R. to IX, 2 גדולה היא הכ׳ וכ׳ great is the sheep (Israel) that lives among seventy wolves (nations). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 4 אדם ששבה את הכ׳ וכ׳ a man who captured the lamb (Bathsheba, v. II Sam. XII, 3, sq.) and killed the shepherd (Uriah); a. fr. e.g. 2 Samuel 12:3
כֶּבֶשׁ
- m (b. h.;
- 1. press.—Pl. כְּבָשִׁים, כְּבָשִׁין. Pesik. Eth. Korb., p. 61ᵇ (play on כבשים, Num. XXVIII, 3) כ׳ שהן כובשין וכ׳ (the sacrifices are) presses, for they suppress the sins &c.; Pesik. R. s. 16. e.g. Numbers 28:3
- 2. ascent, grade, landing bridge. Zab. III, 1; 3. Sabb. XVI, 8; a. e.—Esp. the inclined plane leading to the altar. Midd. III, 3. Zeb. V, 3; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. 62ᵇ. Ib. 63ᵃ כל כִּבְשִי כבשים … חוץ של מזבח וכ׳ all grades of ascents (in the Temple) were at the rate of three cubits per one cubit (of vertical elevation), except the ascent of the altar which was at the rate of three cubits and a half and &c.; (for Var. lect. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., and Tosaf. a. l. a. Men. 41ᵇ s. v. ארבעה); Y. Erub. II, 24ᵇ bot., v. כִּיבּוּשׁ h.—Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); Koh. R. to XII, 7 (expl. דָּיֵק, Ez. XXI, 27) כ׳ embankments round a besieged city (Lat. agger, v. כּוֹבֵשׁ). e.g. Ezekiel 21:27
- 3. preserving fruit. Ter. II, 6 זיתי כ׳ olives good for preserves, opp. זתי שמן.—Pl. as ab. pressed, preserved vegetables &c., Shebi. IX, 5 הכובש שלשה כ׳ וכ׳ if one puts three sorts of pressed vegetables into one vessel. Sabb. 108ᵇ; a. e.—[Gen. R. s. 66 כבשיהן some ed., v. כִּיבּוּשׁ h.]
כֵּבַשׁ I
- v. כִּיבּוּשׁ ch.
כֵּבַשׁ II
- 1. ascent (scamnum), stepping stool. Targ. I Chr. XXVI, 16 (h. text מסלה). Ib. XXVIII, 2 כבש (constr.); Targ. Ps. CXXXII, 7 (h. text הדם). Targ. Is. LXVI, 1 כְּבַשׁ (ed. Lag. כֵּיבַשׁ).
- 2. pressboard and loading stone.—Pl. כִּבְשֵׁי, כִּי׳. B. Bath. 67ᵇ (expl. עבירים, Mish. ib.) כִּי׳ Ms. M. (ed. כב׳).
- 3. grade; בֵּי כ׳ a graded field which requires no artificial irrigation, opp. בי שקיא. Kidd. 62ᵇ
- 4. dam or embankment. Pl. as ab. Erub. 34ᵇ, v. כְּבַשׁ.
- 5. the hot ashes (pressed and levelled) in the oven (v. Bets. IV, 5 quot. s. v. כָּבַשׁ Pi.). Ḥull. 93ᵇ רישא בכ׳ a head put in ashes (for removing the hair before boiling).
- 6. path. Targ. II Sam. XX, 12, sq. כי׳ ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. כַּבְ׳). Targ. I Sam. IV, 13 כִּבֶּשׁ constr., v. כְּבִישׁ.—6) (archit.) recess, enceinte. Targ. Ez. XLV, 4; ib. XLVIII, 21 constr. כֵּיבַשׁ ed. Wil. (h. text מקדש).
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 100 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 100 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 12:5
- Leviticus 4:32
- Numbers 6:12
- 1 Chronicles 29:21
- 2 Chronicles 29:21
- Ezra 8:35
- Job 31:20
- Proverbs 27:26
- Isaiah 1:11
- Jeremiah 11:19
- Ezekiel 46:4
- Hosea 4:16
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