כָּסָה
to cover
also: conceal, hide fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘cover’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel. Here: ‘sq. accus. be covered’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘conceal shame Pr 12’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
Form
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
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).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 44 distinct
- Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct 14 times (9%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 14 times (9%)
- Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 13 times (8%)
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 12 times (8%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 9 times (6%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 9 times (6%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 7 times (5%)
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 7 times (5%)
+36 more forms (68 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 153 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H3680 appears — 149 distinct verses across 26 books. 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.
Genesis 8 verses
- Genesis 7:19 וַ/יְכֻסּ֗וּ conj + Pual wimpf 3mp The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- Genesis 7:20 וַ/יְכֻסּ֖וּ conj + Pual wimpf 3mp The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
- Genesis 9:23 וַ/יְכַסּ֕וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
- Genesis 18:17 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֤ה ptcl inter + Piel ptcp.act ms Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
- Genesis 24:65 וַ/תִּתְכָּֽס conj + Hithpael wimpf 3fs She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." She took her veil, and covered herself.
- Genesis 37:26 וְ/כִסִּ֖ינוּ conj + Piel wpf 1cp Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
- Genesis 38:14 וַ/תְּכַ֤ס conj + Piel wimpf 3fs She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
- Genesis 38:15 כִסְּתָ֖ה Piel pf 3fs When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
Exodus 15 verses
- Exodus 8:6 וַ/תְּכַ֖ס conj + Piel wimpf 3fs Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 10:5 וְ/כִסָּה֙ conj + Piel wpf 3ms and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
- Exodus 10:15 וַ/יְכַ֞ס conj + Piel wimpf 3ms For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 14:28 וַ/יְכַסּ֤וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
- Exodus 15:5 יְכַסְיֻ֑/מוּ Piel impf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.
- Exodus 15:10 כִּסָּ֣/מוֹ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Exodus 16:13 וַ/תְּכַ֖ס conj + Piel wimpf 3fs It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
- Exodus 21:33 יְכַסֶּ֑/נּוּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
- Exodus 24:15 וַ/יְכַ֥ס conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
- Exodus 24:16 וַ/יְכַסֵּ֥/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
- Exodus 26:13 לְ/כַסֹּתֽ/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on that side, to cover it.
- Exodus 28:42 לְ/כַסּ֖וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach:
- Exodus 29:13 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Exodus 29:22 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
- Exodus 40:34 וַ/יְכַ֥ס conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent.
Leviticus 9 verses
- Leviticus 3:3 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
- Leviticus 3:9 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
- Leviticus 3:14 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
- Leviticus 4:8 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֣ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
- Leviticus 7:3 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֥ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the innards,
- Leviticus 13:12 וְ/כִסְּתָ֣ה conj + Piel pf 3fs "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:13 כִסְּתָ֤ה Piel pf 3fs then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is clean.
- Leviticus 16:13 וְ/כִסָּ֣ה conj + Piel wpf 3ms and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.
- Leviticus 17:13 וְ/כִסָּ֖/הוּ conj + Piel wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
Numbers 12 verses
- Numbers 4:5 וְ/כִ֨סּוּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
- Numbers 4:8 וְ/כִסּ֣וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:9 וְ/כִסּ֞וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
- Numbers 4:11 וְ/כִסּ֣וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- Numbers 4:12 וְ/כִסּ֣וּ conj + Piel wpf 3cp They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
- Numbers 4:15 לְ/כַסֹּ֨ת prep + Piel inf.cs "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 9:15 כִּסָּ֤ה Piel pf 3ms On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
- Numbers 9:16 יְכַסֶּ֑/נּוּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
- Numbers 16:33 וַ/תְּכַ֤ס conj + Piel wimpf 3fs So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
- Numbers 16:42 כִסָּ֖ה/וּ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
- Numbers 22:5 כִסָּה֙ Piel pf 3ms He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.
- Numbers 22:11 וַ/יְכַ֖ס conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 13:8 תְכַסֶּ֖ה Piel impf 2ms you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
- Deuteronomy 22:12 תְּכַסֶּה Piel impf 2ms You shall make you fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
- Deuteronomy 23:13 וְ/כִסִּ֥יתָ conj + Piel wpf 2ms and you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be, when you sit down abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 4:18 וַ/תְּכַסֵּ֖/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 3ms Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. He came in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
- Judges 4:19 וַ/תְּכַסֵּֽ/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 3ms He said to her, Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
1 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 1:1 וַ/יְכַסֻּ֨/הוּ֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.
- 1 Kings 7:18 לְ/כַסּ֤וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:41 לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
- 1 Kings 7:42 לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
- 1 Kings 11:29 מִתְכַּסֶּה֙ Hithpael ptcp.act ms It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 19:1 וַ/יִּתְכַּ֣ס conj + Hithpael wimpf 3ms It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 19:2 מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים Hithpael ptcp.act mp He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 4:12 לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
- 2 Chronicles 4:13 לְ/כַסּ֗וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
- 2 Chronicles 5:8 וַ/יְכַסּ֧וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles of it above.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 11 verses
- Job 9:24 יְכַסֶּ֑ה Piel impf 3ms The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?
- Job 15:27 כִסָּ֣ה Piel pf 3ms Because he has covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat on his loins.
- Job 16:18 תְּכַסִּ֣י Piel juss 2fs "Earth, don't cover my blood, Let my cry have no place to rest.
- Job 21:26 תְּכַסֶּ֥ה Piel impf 3fs They lie down alike in the dust, The worm covers them.
- Job 22:11 תְּכַסֶּֽ/ךָּ Piel impf 3fs + sfx pers 2ms Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Job 23:17 כִּסָּה Piel pf 3ms Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
- Job 31:33 כִּסִּ֣יתִי Piel pf 1cs If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding my iniquity in my heart,
- Job 33:17 יְכַסֶּֽה Piel impf 3ms That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
- Job 36:30 כִּסָּֽה Piel pf 3ms Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
- Job 36:32 כִּסָּה Piel pf 3ms He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.
- Job 38:34 תְּכַסֶּֽ/ךָּ Piel impf 3fs + sfx pers 2ms "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
Psalms 17 verses
- Psalms 32:1 כְּס֣וּי Qal ptcp.pass ms cs Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
- Psalms 32:5 כִסִּ֗יתִי Piel pf 1cs I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, And you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Psalms 40:10 כִסִּ֨יתִי Piel pf 1cs I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Psalms 44:15 כִּסָּֽתְ/נִי Piel pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs All day long my dishonor is before me, And shame covers my face,
- Psalms 44:19 וַ/תְּכַ֖ס conj + Piel wimpf 2ms Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
- Psalms 55:5 וַ֝/תְּכַסֵּ֗/נִי conj + Piel wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 69:7 כִּסְּתָ֖ה Piel pf 3fs Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
- Psalms 78:53 כִּסָּ֥ה Piel pf 3ms He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- Psalms 80:10 כָּסּ֣וּ Pual pf 3cp The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.
- Psalms 85:2 כִּסִּ֖יתָ Piel pf 2ms You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.
- Psalms 104:6 כִּסִּית֑/וֹ Piel pf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
- Psalms 104:9 לְ/כַסּ֥וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.
- Psalms 106:11 וַ/יְכַסּוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
- Psalms 106:17 וַ֝/תְּכַ֗ס conj + Piel wimpf 3fs The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
- Psalms 140:9 יכסו/מו יְכַסֵּֽ/מוֹ Piel juss 3mp + sfx pers 3mp Piel juss 3ms + sfx pers 3mp As for the head of those who surround me, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Psalms 143:9 כִסִּֽתִי Piel pf 1cs Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
- Psalms 147:8 הַֽ/מְכַסֶּ֬ה ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
Proverbs 11 verses
- Proverbs 10:6 יְכַסֶּ֥ה Piel impf 3ms Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 10:11 יְכַסֶּ֥ה Piel impf 3ms The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 10:12 תְּכַסֶּ֥ה Piel impf 3fs Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all wrongs.
- Proverbs 10:18 מְכַסֶּ֣ה Piel ptcp.act ms He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 11:13 מְכַסֶּ֥ה Piel ptcp.act ms One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, But one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
- Proverbs 12:16 וְ/כֹסֶ֖ה conj + Qal ptcp.act ms A fool shows his annoyance the same day, But one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
- Proverbs 12:23 כֹּ֣סֶה Qal ptcp.act ms A prudent man keeps his knowledge, But the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
- Proverbs 17:9 מְֽכַסֶּה Piel ptcp.act ms He who covers an offense promotes love; But he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
- Proverbs 24:31 כָּסּ֣וּ Pual pf 3cp Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.
- Proverbs 26:26 תִּכַּסֶּ֣ה Niphal impf 3fs His malice may be concealed by deception, But his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
- Proverbs 28:13 מְכַסֶּ֣ה Piel ptcp.act ms He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, But whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 11 verses
- Isaiah 6:2 יְכַסֶּ֣ה יְכַסֶּ֥ה Piel impf 3ms Piel impf 3ms Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
- Isaiah 11:9 מְכַסִּֽים Piel ptcp.act mp They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 26:21 תְכַסֶּ֥ה Piel impf 3fs For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Isaiah 29:10 כִּסָּֽה Piel pf 3ms For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, has he covered.
- Isaiah 37:1 וַ/יִּתְכַּ֣ס conj + Hithpael wimpf 3ms It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 37:2 מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים Hithpael ptcp.act mp He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
- Isaiah 51:16 כִּסִּיתִ֑י/ךָ Piel pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my people.
- Isaiah 58:7 וְ/כִסִּית֔/וֹ conj + Piel wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Isn't it to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
- Isaiah 59:6 יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ Hithpael impf 3mp Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
- Isaiah 60:2 יְכַסֶּה Piel impf 3ms For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
- Isaiah 60:6 תְּכַסֵּ֗/ךְ Piel impf 3fs + sfx pers 2fs The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 3:25 וּֽ/תְכַסֵּ/נוּ֮ conj + Piel impf 3fs + sfx pers 1cp Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 46:8 אֲכַסֶּה Piel impf 1cs Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.
- Jeremiah 51:42 נִכְסָֽתָה Niphal pf 3fs The sea is come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves of it.
- Jeremiah 51:51 כִּסְּתָ֥ה Piel pf 3fs We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh's house.
Ezekiel 20 verses
- Ezekiel 1:11 מְכַסּ֔וֹת Piel ptcp.act fp Their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of everyone were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
- Ezekiel 1:23 מְכַסּוֹת֙ מְכַסּוֹת֙ Piel ptcp.act fp Piel ptcp.act fp Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: everyone had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
- Ezekiel 7:18 וְ/כִסְּתָ֥ה conj + Piel pf 3fs They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
- Ezekiel 12:6 תְכַסֶּ֔ה Piel impf 2ms In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 12:12 יְכַסֶּ֔ה Piel impf 3ms The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
- Ezekiel 16:8 וָ/אֲכַסֶּ֖ה conj + Piel wimpf 1cs Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
- Ezekiel 16:10 וַ/אֲכַסֵּ֖/ךְ conj + Piel wimpf 1cs + sfx pers 2fs I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk.
- Ezekiel 16:18 וַ/תְּכַסִּ֑י/ם conj + Piel wimpf 2fs + sfx pers 3mp and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and did set my oil and my incense before them.
- Ezekiel 18:7 יְכַסֶּה Piel impf 3ms and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
- Ezekiel 18:16 כִּסָּה Piel pf 3ms neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
- Ezekiel 24:7 לְ/כַסּ֥וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock; she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.
- Ezekiel 24:8 הִכָּסֽוֹת Niphal inf.cs That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
- Ezekiel 26:10 יְכַסֵּ֣/ךְ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 2fs By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover you: your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into your gates, as men enter into a city in which is made a breach.
- Ezekiel 26:19 וְ/כִסּ֖וּ/ךְ conj + Piel wpf 3cp + sfx pers 2fs For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;
- Ezekiel 30:18 יְכַסֶּ֔/נָּה Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
- Ezekiel 31:15 כִּסֵּ֤תִי Piel pf 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers of it; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
- Ezekiel 32:7 וְ/כִסֵּיתִ֤י אֲכַסֶּ֔/נּוּ conj + Piel wpf 1cs Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
- Ezekiel 38:9 לְ/כַסּ֥וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
- Ezekiel 38:16 לְ/כַסּ֣וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 41:16 מְכֻסּֽוֹת Pual ptcp.pass fp the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 2:9 לְ/כַסּ֖וֹת prep + Piel inf.cs Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, And my new wine in its season, And will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
- Hosea 10:8 כַּסּ֔וּ/נוּ Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 1cp The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"
Obadiah 1 verse
Jonah 2 verses
- Jonah 3:6 וַ/יְכַ֣ס conj + Piel wimpf 3ms The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Jonah 3:8 וְ/יִתְכַּסּ֣וּ conj + Hithpael impf 3mp but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 3 verses
- Habakkuk 2:14 יְכַסּ֥וּ Piel impf 3mp For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Habakkuk 2:17 יְכַסֶּ֔/ךָּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
- Habakkuk 3:3 כִּסָּ֤ה Piel pf 3ms God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And his praise filled the earth.
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 2:13 כַּסּ֤וֹת Piel inf.cs This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
- Malachi 2:16 וְ/כִסָּ֤ה conj + Piel wpf 3ms For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!' says Yahweh of Hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.
About this entry
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כסה (kâçâh) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to cover.” Where the King James Version keeps “covereth,” modern versions use “covered” — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 149 verses in 26 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 7:19. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 5 stems (Qal, Niphal, and more). The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3680 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 →
- 149
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 149 distinct verses.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #294
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 294 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 149 occurrences in the concordance →
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 149 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 57 verses · 38%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 47 verses · 32%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 45 verses · 30%
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: Covered 27×, Cover 25×, Covereth 14×
- American Standard Version: Cover 24×, Covered 23×, Covereth 12×
- Berean Standard Bible: Cover 14×, Covers 14×, Covered 13×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Covered 17×, Cover 13×, Covers 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3680 across 152 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 41 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 H3680 across 152 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 64 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 H3680 across 150 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 56 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 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3680 across 175 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
16 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
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 16 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.
Qal
- , only Pt. act. כֹּסֶה;—
- 1. conceal shame Pr 12:16; knowledge Pr 12:23. e.g. Proverbs 12:16
- 2. pass. (cstr.) כְּסוּי חֲטָאָה ψ 32:1 covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight) (‖ נְשׂוּי־פֶּשַׁע). e.g. Psalms 32:1
Niphal
- Pf. 3 fs. נִכְסָ֑תָה, covered, with waves Je 51:42; Inf. cstr. הִכָּסוֹת Ez 24:8, (blood) not to be covered. e.g. Jeremiah 51:42
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. כִּסָּה Nu 9:15 + 12 times; sf. כִּסָּהוּ Lv 17:13 Nu 17:7; כִּסָּמוֹ Ex 15:10; 3 fs. כִּסְּתָה Gn 38:15 + 5 times; 1 s. כִּסִּיתִי ψ 32:5 + 3 times; כִּסֵּתִי Ez 31:15 (del. Co); כִּסֵּיתִי Ez 32:7 + 13 times Pf.; Impf. 3 ms. יְכַסֶּה Is 6:2 + 8 times; וַיְכַס Ex 10:15 + 4 times; sf. יְכַסֶּ֑דָּ Hab 2:17; יְכַסֶּנָּה Ez 30:18; 3 mpl. sf. יְכַסְיֻמוּ Ex 15:5 + 41 times Impf.; Imv. sf. כַּסּוּנוּ Ho 10:8; Inf. cstr. כַּסּוֹת Mal 2:13 + 11 times; כַּסֹּת Nu 4:15; sf. כַּסֹּתוֹ Ex 26:13; Pt. מְכַסֶּה Pr 10:18 + 12 times; pl. מְכַסִּים Is 11:9; fpl. מְכַסּוֹת Ez 1:11, 23(×2);— e.g. Numbers 9:15
- 1. cover, clothe Ju 4:19 Ez 16:10 (2 acc.), v 18; Jon 3:6 is appar. reflex., c. acc. of garment (strange; read perhaps וַיִּכָּס); nakedness Gn 9:23 (J), Ex 28:42 (P), Ez 16:8 Ho 2:11; the naked Is 58:7 Ez 18:7, 16 (+ acc. rei); the face and legs of seraphim Is 6:2(×2); bodies of cherubim Ez 1:11, 23(×2); the face Gn 38:15 (J), Ez 12:6, 12, fig. Jb 23:17; earth with the great deep ψ 104:6; heavens with glory Hab 3:3; with בְּ of the clothing Gn 38:14 (J), Dt 22:12, these two appar. reflex., cf. Jon 3:6 supr.; Ju 4:18 1 K 1:1; heaven with clouds ψ 147:8, with glory Ez 32:7. e.g. Judges 4:19
- 2. cover, conceal blood Gn 37:26 (J), Jb 16:18; human ordure Dt 23:14; mts. conceal men from God Ho 10:8; cover transgressions Jb 31:33 Pr 17:9; 28:13; iniquity ψ 32:5; righteousness ψ 40:11; hatred Pr 10:18; a thing Pr 11:13; judge’s face so as not to see justice Jb 9:24; heads of rulers and seers Is 29:10; with בְּ of covering Lv 17:13 (H), 1 S 19:13; face by fat Jb 15:27; sun by a cloud Ez 32:7; with מִן from whom Gn 18:17 (J), Jb 33:17. e.g. Genesis 37:26
- 3. cover (with covering of protection), a pit Ex 21:33 (Covt. code); with cloud of incense, the Kapporeth Lv 16:13 (P); coverings of the sacred tent, tabernacle, and their furniture Ex 26:13 Nu 4:9, 15 (P); with בְּ of the covering Nu 4:5, 8, 11, 12 (P); Zion בְּצֵל יָדִי Is 51:16. e.g. Exodus 21:33
- 4. cover, spread over, fat, the inwards Ex 29:13, 22 Lv 3:3, 9, 14; 4:8 (with עַל), 7:3 (P); leprosy, the skin and flesh Lv 13:12, 13 (P); the cloud of the theophany, the mount Ex 24:15, 16 (P), the tent of meeting Ex 40:34 Nu 17:7 (P), and the tabernacle Nu 9:15, 16 (P); altar with tears Mal 2:13 (2 acc.); Jerusalem with multitude of camels Is 60:6; of handiwork 1 K 7:18, 41, 42 = 2 Ch 4:12, 13. e.g. Exodus 29:13
- 5. cover, overwhelm, sq. accus., the sea the Egyptians Ex 14:28 (P), 15:5, 10 (song), Jos 24:7 (E), ψ 78:53; 106:11; waters Jb 22:11; 38:34 ψ 104:9 Je 46:8 Ez 26:19; locusts the eye of the land Ex 10:5, 15 (J), also Israel Nu 22:5, 11 (J); frogs the land Ex 8:2 (P); quails the camp Ex 16:13 (P); cloud the land Ez 30:18; 38:9, 16; darkness the earth Is 60:2; dust a city Ez 26:10; the depths of the sea by God Jb 36:30; with a reference to a person’s shame ψ 44:16; 69:8 Je 51:51 Ob 10 Mi 7:10; horror ψ 55:6 Ez 7:18; violence Pr 10:6, 11 Hb 2:17; confusion Je 3:25; mischief ψ 140:10; God covers sin ψ 85:3 (‖ נשׂא עון), cf. 32:1 (Qal). e.g. Exodus 14:28
- 6. sq. על of person or thing covered, cover over: cherubim over the ark 2 Ch 5:8; over the dead, the earth Nu 16:33 (JE), ψ 106:17 Is 26:21, worms Jb 21:26; dust over blood Ez 24:7; waters over the sea Hb 2:14, cf. לַיָּם Is 11:9; (v. Dr§ 135. 7 Obs.); love covereth over all sins Pr 10:12; God covereth over iniquity Ne 3:37; people not to cover over a guilty person Dt 13:9; + acc. of obj. covering (DaSynt. § 75), fig. covering over the garment with violence Mal 2:16; God’s hands with light Jb 36:32; + בְּ of covering ψ 44:20. e.g. 2 Chronicles 5:8
- —כִסִּתִי (אֵלֶיךָ) ψ 143:9 is error for חָסִיתִי according to 𝔊 κατέφυγον SS, but חסה not cstr. wi. אֶל־; חִכִּיתִי Bae; הֶאֱבַלְתִּי כִּסֵּתִי עָלָיו אֶת־תְּהוֹם Ez 31:15 according to Co I caused the deep to mourn for them (del. כסתי). e.g. Psalms 143:9
Pual
- Pf. 3 mpl. כָּסּוּ ψ 80:11 Pr 24:31; Impf. יְכֻסֶּה Ec 6:4; pl. וַיְכֻסּוּ Gn 7:19, 20; Pt. pl. מְכֻסִּים 1 Ch 21:16; fpl. מְכֻסּוֹת Ez 41:16. e.g. Psalms 80:11
- 1. sq. accus. be covered, hills with shadow ψ 80:11; mountains with water Gn 7:19, 20 (P); field with nettles Pr 24:31; abs., windows of temple Ez 41:16. e.g. Psalms 80:11
- 2. sq. בְּ, be clothed, with sackcloth 1 Ch 21:16; name with darkness Ec 6:4. e.g. 1 Chronicles 21:16
Hithpael
- Impf. וַיִּתְכַּס Is 37:1 = 2 K 19:1; 3 fs. תִּכַּסֶּה Pr 26:26; וַתִּתְכָּ֑ס Gn 24:65; pl. יִתְכַּסּוּ Is 59:6 Jon 3:8; Pt. מִתְכַּסֶּת 1 K 11:29; pl. מִתְכַּסִּים Is 37:2 = 2 K 19:2;—cover, clothe oneself, abs. (of veil) Gn 24:65 (J); with בְּ, of new garment 1 K 11:29; sackcloth 2 K 19:1, 2 = Is 37:1, 2; fig. of works Is 59:6, of hatred with guile Pr 26:26; with acc. Jon 3:8 (שַׂקִּים). e.g. Isaiah 37:1
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. cover (NH כָּסָה Pi; Aramaic כְּסָא chiefly Pa; ܟܣܳܐ Pa. hide, cover; ܟܣܳܝܳܐ covering, ܬܰܟܣܺܝܬܳܐ garment; Arabic كَسَا (كسو) clothe, كِسَآءٌ garment; Assyrian kusû, cover; kusîtu, garment DlHWB 342)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
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.
כֶּסֶא
- (כָּסָה I) mark, distinction; marked, appointed time. Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 153ᵃ (ref. to Ps. LXXXI, 4) וכי כל החדשים אינן חדש אלא בכ׳ ‘on the New Moon’, are all other new moons no New Moons (festive days)?; but (therefore is added) bakkesé, on the distinguished (month), v. כָּסָה I. [Pirké d’R. El. ch. VII, end, a. Bets. 16ᵃ our w. is taken in the sense of cover.] e.g. Psalms 81:4
כִּסֵּה
- , v. כִּסֵּא
כֶּסֶה
- , v. כֶּסֶא
כָּסָה
- , v. כסי
כסי
- (cmp. כסח) to make incisions, mark, count. Part. pass. כָּסוּי marked, distinguished. Pesik. R. s. 39 (ref. to Ps. LXXXI, 4, v. כֶּסֶא) מהו בכסא בחדש שהוא כ׳ (not כיסוי) what is bakkesé? In the month which is marked (v. infra). e.g. Psalms 81:4
- to be marked, distinguished. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) וכל החדשים אינן נִכְסִין אלא ליום חגנו are all other months (or New Moon Days) not marked?—But (it must be marked by) ‘a festive day’; [read:] חגו בפני עצמו והלא ניסן חדש נִכְסֶה ויש לו חג: (Ar. … חדש ונתכסה) but is not Nisan a marked month with a festival? (Answ.) Its festival is separate from it (not coinciding with the New Moon Day); אלא איזהו חדש נ׳ ויש לו חג וכ׳ but what month is there that is marked and has a festival, and that on the same day?; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 153ᵃ
כסי ²
- (b. h.) to cover.—Part. pass. כָּסוּי, f. כְּסוּיָה; pl. כְּסוּיִים, כְּסוּיִין; כְּסוּיוֹת. Gen. R. s. 52 אתם כִּסִּיתֶם … כְּסוּי עינים you have concealed from me the sight (of truth), therefore the son that you will raise will be of covered eyes (blind); Yalk. Gen. 91 כסות (corr. acc.); B. Kam. 93ᵃ הואיל וכִיסִּית … בנים כְּסוּיֵי עיניים (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᵈ הכְּסוּיִין (not הכיסוין) the covered liquids.
- to cover, hide. Ḥull. VI, 4 … שחט ולא כ׳ לכַסּוֹת if one slaughters and fails to cover the blood, and another person sees it, he is bound to cover it. Pes. 119ᵃ (ref. to Is. XXIII, 18) זהו המְכַסֶּה דברים וכ׳ he who keeps secret the things which the Old of Days has covered (mysteries). B. Kam. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 26 מְכַסָּה אני ממך shall I conceal it from thee?—Gen. R. s. 87 כִּסְּתָה פניה she covered her (the idol’s) face. Ib. לא כ׳ עליהם הכתוב the Bible did not cover their guilt (v. חָפָה); a. fr.—Part. pass. מְכוּסֶּה, f. מְכוּסָּה; pl. מְכוּסִּים, מְכוּסִּין; מְכוּסּוֹת. Ib. s. 52 (ref. to Gen. XX, 16 [read:] עשאה מטרונה כסות עינים שהיא מכ׳ מן העין he (Abimelech) made a matron of her (Sarah) (giving her) ‘a cover of the eyes’, by which she was protected from the gaze (of men). Pes. 54ᵇ שבעה … מכ׳ וכ׳ seven things are hidden from man; a. fr.—[Gen. R. s. 79, end מה את מכסה בי, read: מב׳, v. בְּסָא.—Sifra B’ḥuck., Par. 2, ch. V כיסה, v. כָּסַח.] e.g. Isaiah 23:18
- to be covered, hidden. Snh. II, 1 (18ᵃ; 19ᵃ) הן נִכְסִין … והוא נ׳ when they (who form the funeral cortege) are hidden from his view (when entering an alley), he (the high priest) appears; when they emerge, he disappears (in the alley). Cant. R. to II, 9 נראה וחוזר ונ׳ is visible and disappears again; Ruth. R. to II, 14; Pesik. Haḥod., p. 49ᵇ. Num. R. s. 22 (play on נְכָסִים) נ׳ מזה וכ׳ they disappear from one and appear to the other; a. fr.
- to be covered, clothed. Bets. 16ᵃ (ref. to בַּכֶּסֶה, Ps. LXXXI, 4) איזהו חג שהחדש מִתְכַּסֶּה בו what festival is that on which the new moon is hidden (seen only by a few)?; Pirké d’R. El. ch. VII, end ביום שמ׳ כולו on the day when the moon is entirely covered. Deut. R. s. 3 מתכ׳ משלו clothed himself at his (the fosterfather’s) expense. Ib. כל … אוכל ומתכ׳ וכ׳ all that is spent on you for eating and clothing &c. Keth. V, 8 מִתְכַּסָּה, v. בְּלָאוֹת. Tam. I, 1 מִתְכַּסִּין, v. כְּסוּת; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 81:4
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Forms in the corpus
The 120 distinct written forms H3680 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 60 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3680, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- כסא keçeʼ H3677 full moon
- כסא kiççêʼ H3678 throne
- כסוי kâçûwy H3681 covering
- כסות kᵉçûwth H3682 covering
- כסת keçeth H3704 band
- מכסה mikçeh H4372 covering
- מכסה mᵉkaççeh H4374 covering
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 142 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 149 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
- Genesis 7:19
- Exodus 8:6
- Leviticus 3:3
- Numbers 4:5
- Deuteronomy 13:8
- Joshua 24:7
- Judges 4:18
- 1 Samuel 19:13
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 19:1
- 1 Chronicles 21:16
- 2 Chronicles 4:12
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
