קָבַץ
to gather
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘c. acc. pers. gather’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘intrans. assemble’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘of’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘gather together’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
Form
- 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).
- 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”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
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.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
31 distinct verses where H6908 appears in the Niphal stem, across 14 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.
Genesis 1 verse
Joshua 1 verse
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 7:6 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Yahweh. Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 25:1 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֤וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Samuel 28:4 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:1 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֧וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- 1 Chronicles 13:2 וְ/יִקָּבְצ֖וּ conj + Niphal impf 3mp David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good to you, and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 13:7 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
- 2 Chronicles 15:10 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֥וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
- 2 Chronicles 20:4 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of Yahweh: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
Ezra 3 verses
- Ezra 10:1 נִקְבְּצוּ֩ Niphal pf 3cp Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.
- Ezra 10:7 לְ/הִקָּבֵ֖ץ prep + Niphal inf.cs They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;
- Ezra 10:9 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ conj + Niphal wimpf 3mp Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 2:8 וּֽ/בְ/הִקָּבֵ֞ץ conj + prep + Niphal inf.cs So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
- Esther 2:19 וּ/בְ/הִקָּבֵ֥ץ conj + prep + Niphal inf.cs When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
Psalms 1 verse
Isaiah 8 verses
- Isaiah 34:15 נִקְבְּצ֥וּ Niphal pf 3cp There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yes, there shall the kites be gathered, everyone with her mate.
- Isaiah 43:9 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ Niphal pf 3cp Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
- Isaiah 45:20 הִקָּבְצ֥וּ Niphal impv 2mp Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
- Isaiah 48:14 הִקָּבְצ֤וּ Niphal impv 2mp Assemble yourselves, all you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? He whom Yahweh loves shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 49:18 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ Niphal pf 3cp Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.
- Isaiah 56:8 מְקַבֵּ֖ץ אֲקַבֵּ֥ץ לְ/נִקְבָּצָֽי/ו Piel ptcp.act ms Piel impf 1cs prep + Niphal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own who are gathered.
- Isaiah 60:4 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ Niphal pf 3cp Lift up your eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
- Isaiah 60:7 יִקָּ֣בְצוּ Niphal impf 3mp All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 29:5 תִקָּבֵ֑ץ Niphal impf 2ms I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
- Ezekiel 39:17 הִקָּבְצ֤וּ Niphal impv 2mp You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
Hosea 1 verse
Joel 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.
At its core, קבץ (qâbats) means “to gather.” Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 5 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. With 121 verses in 25 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 41:35. Sharing its root, it stands alongside קבוץ, קבצה and יקבצאל. Dig into 121-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6908 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 →
- 121
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 121 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #348
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 348 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 121 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Isaiah 18 verses 15%
- Ezekiel 15 verses 12%
- 2 Chronicles 10 verses 8%
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 121 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 83 verses · 69%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 32 verses · 26%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 6 verses · 5%
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: Gather 15×, Gathered 14×, Together 9×
- American Standard Version: Gathered 14×, Gather 12×, Together 10×
- Berean Standard Bible: Gather 14×, Gathered 13×, I will gather 9×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Gathered 15×, And 14×, Gather 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6908 across 136 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 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 H6908 across 136 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 57 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 H6908 across 126 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 43 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 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6908 across 147 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.
12 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 12 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
- Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ 1 K 20:1; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְבָּץ־ ψ 41:7, וַיִּקְבֹּץ Gn 41:48 +, etc.; Imv. ms. קְבֹץ 1 K 18:19, mpl. קִבְצוּ 1 S 7:5 +; Inf. cstr. sf. לְקָבְצִי Zp 3:8; Pt. act. קֹבֵץ Ez 22:19; Pr 13:11; pass. pl. קְבוּצִים Ne 5:16;—gather, collect: e.g. 1 Kings 20:1
- 1. c. acc. rei, grain Gn 41:35, 48 (E), booty Dt 13:17 (+ אֶל loc.), money 2 Ch 24:5 (+ מִן pers.), so Ez 16:31 (Gr Toy Krae, reading לִקְבֹּץ from לְקַלֵּס; v. p. 887); acc. om. קֹבֵץ Pr 13:11 one gathering by degrees; fig. לִבּוֹ וִק׳־אָוֶן לוֹ ψ 41:7 his heart gathereth wickedness to itself. e.g. Genesis 41:35
- 2. usually c. acc. pers. gather, assemble, + ה loc. 1 S 7:5; 29:1 (for battle); + אֶל loc. 1 K 18:20; Ezr 8:15; Est 2:3; + אֶל pers. 2 S 3:21; Hb 2:5 (in fig.; ‖ אָסַף); + עַל (= אֶל) pers. 1 K 11:24; + אֶל pers. et loc. 1 K 18:19; 2 Ch 32:6; + מִן loc. 2 Ch 23:2, cf. Ezr 7:28; acc. pers. alone 1 K 22:6 = 2 Ch 18:5; 2 K 10:18; Ne 7:5 (+ inf. purpose), Jo 2:16 (‖ אָסַף), 2 Ch 15:9; 24:5; 25:5; pass. c. שָׁם + עַל of work Ne 5:16; for י׳’s judgment Zp 3:8 (‖ אָסַף), Ez 22:20 cf. v 19 (+ אֶל־תּוֹךְ fig. of metals into furnace); specif. for war, battle, Ju 12:4; 1 S 28:1; 2 S 2:30; 1 K 20:1; 2 K 6:24; + לַצָּבָא 1 S 28:1 (29:1 v. supr.). e.g. 1 Samuel 7:5
Niphal
- Pf. 3 pl. נִקְבְּצוּ Jos 10:6 +, etc.; Impf. 2 ms. תִּקָּבֵץ Ez 29:5; 3 mpl. וַיִּקָּֽבְצוּ 1 S 7:6 +, etc.; Imv. mpl. הִקָּֽבְצוּ Gn 49:2 +; Inf. cstr. הִקָּבֵץ Ezr 10:7 +; Pt. pl. נִקְבָּצִים Je 40:15, sf. נִקְבָּצָיו Is 56:8;— e.g. Joshua 10:6
- 1. intrans. assemble, gather 1 S 25:1; Gn 49:2; Is 45:20; 48:14; 49:18; 60:4; Jo 4:11; 2 Ch 20:4 (+ inf. purpose) 32:4; for war 1 S 28:4; Jos 10:6 (c. אֶל against); c. ה loc. 1 S 7:6, acc. loc. Ezr 10:7, 9; 2 Ch 15:10; c. אֶל pers. unto Je 40:15 1 Ch 13:2; Ezr 10:1; Ne 4:14, cf. 2 Ch 13:7 (עַל for אֶל); אֶל pers. + ה loc. 1 Ch 11:1; c. יַחְדָּו Ho 2:2; Is 43:9 (‖ אָסַף), ψ 102:23; of birds and beasts Is 34:15 (c. שָׁם), Ez 39:17. e.g. 1 Samuel 25:1
- 2. pass. be gathered Is 60:7 (of flocks, + ל pers.), Est 2:8 (+ אֶל loc.), v 19; pt. c. sf. pers. Is 56:8; Ez 29:5 (‖ אסף) read תִּקָּכֵר Hi (not Sm) Co Berthol Toy Krae. e.g. Isaiah 60:7
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. sf. וְקִבֶּצְךָ Dt 30:3 consec., קִבְּצָם Mi 4:12 ψ 107:3, קִבְּצָן Is 34:16; 3 fs. קִבָּ֑צָה Mi 1:7, etc.; Impf. יְקַבֵּץ Is 11:12; 40:11, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. קַבְּצֵנוּ 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 106:47; Inf. abs. קַבֵּץ Mi 2:12; cstr. קַבֵּץ Is 66:18 etc.; Pt. מְקַבֵּץ Na 3:18 +, etc.;—gather together: e.g. Deuteronomy 30:3
- 1. usually of י׳ gathering his dispersed people (acc.), sometimes under fig. of flock: Mi 2:12 + inf. abs. (‖ אָסַף), 4:6 Zp 3:19, 20; Je 31:10; Zc 10:8; Is 54:7; 56:8a, cf. also 40:11; c. acc. + מִן loc. Dt 30:3, 4 Je 23:3; 29:14; 31:8; 32:37 Ez 11:17 + 6 times Ez + 37:21 (מִסָּבִיב), Is 11:12; 43:5; Zc 10:10; Ne 1:9 ψ 106:47 cf. ‖ 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 107:3; acc. + עַל pers. Is 56:8b (cf. Niph. Pt.); = (gather and) restrain Ho 8:10 (c. acc. alone); of י׳ gathering dispersed Egyptians, acc. + מִן loc. Ez 29:13; gathering the nations (acc.) for judgment Mi 4:12; Is 66:18; Jo 4:2; gathering lovers of Jerus. (under fig. of harlot) Ez 16:37(×2) (מִסָּבִיב + עַל pers. against); gathering beasts into Edom Is 34:16. e.g. Micah 2:12
- 2. men subj.: מִצְרַיִם תְּקַבְּצֵם מֹף תְּקַבְּרֵם Ho 9:6 (cf. Ez 29:5 Niph. supr.), Ne 13:11; c. acc. rei Mi 1:7 (+ מִן), Is 22:9; 62:9 Pr 28:8; אֵין מְקַבֵּץ none that gathereth Is 13:14 (acc. om.). Na 3:18 (id.), Je 49:5 (sq. לַנֹּדֵד, cf. ל 3 ad fin.). e.g. Hosea 9:6
- 3. perhaps (gather and so) take away (= אָסַף 4), Na 2:11; Jo 2:6, v. פָּארוּר. e.g. Nahum 2:11
Pual
- Pt. מְקֻבֶּצֶת Ez 38:8 (c. מִן) of land (for people) of Isr. e.g. Ezekiel 38:8
Hithpael
- gather together (intrans.), be gathered together. Pf. 3 pl. הִתְקַבְּצוּ Ju 9:47; 1 S 7:7 (+ ה loc.); Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ 1 S 8:4; 22:2 (+ אֶל pers.), יִתְק׳ Is 44:11; for battle, war, Imv. mpl. הִתְקַבְּצוּ Je 49:14; Impf. also Jos 9:2 (c. יַחְדָּו, + inf. purpose), + אַחֲרֵי pers. 2 S 2:25. e.g. Judges 9:47
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. gather, collect (syn. אָסַף) (Arabic قَبَضَ grasp, seize; Sab. קבץֿ harvest, in דֿק׳, attrib. of ʿAttar, according to FellZMG liv (1900), 237 f.; Ethiopic ቀብጸ: is fail, despair; NH קִבֵּץ = BH);—
— 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.
קָבַץ
- (b. h.) to press, gather. Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ (ref. to Prov. XIII, 11) ואם קוֹבֵץ על יד ירבה but if he collects learning little by little, he will increase it, v. חֲבִילָה; Erub. 54ᵇ (corr. acc.).—Part. pass. קָבוּץ; pl. קְבוּצִים, קְבוּצִין. Y. Shebi. II, 33ᵈ top נוטל את הק׳ עמו (not עמה) he may take with him the collected rakings. Gitt. 56ᵇ (ref. to Koh. VIII, 10) א"ת קבורים אלא קבוצים read not ḳ’burim (buried) but ḳ’butsim (the wicked taking up heaps of spoil). e.g. Proverbs 13:11
- same, to collect. Ib. 7ᵃ quot. in Ar. (ref. to Josh. XV, 21 קבצאל ועדר ויגור) כל המְקַבֵּץ עדרים … יגור וכ׳ he who gathers flocks (students) to the study of the Law, shall dwell in the partition of the Lord. Midr. Till. to Ps. CVII אני אֲקַבֵּץ וכ׳ I (the Lord) will gather you in due time; a. fr. e.g. Joshua 15:21
- to be collected, gathered. Snh. 112ᵃ נִקְבָּצִין לתוכה those things which can be brought together to the condemned city (with ref. to Deut. XIII, 17). Meg. 17ᵇ כיון שנִתְקַבְּצוּ גליות וכ׳ when the diasporas are collected, judgment is executed on the wicked. Zeb. 116ᵃ נִתְקַבְּצוּ כולם אצל וכ׳ they all gathered themselves around Balaam; a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 13:17
קְבַץ
- to leap. Ber. 63ᵃ ed. קְבוֹץ, v. זוּל I ch.; [Rashi = preced. gather].
קֶבֶץ
- (preced.) joint. Tosef. Bekh. IV, 14; (Bekh. 41ᵃ קֶפֶץ), v. עַרְקוּב.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 102 distinct written forms H6908 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; 42 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6908, 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.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 109 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 121 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 41:35
- Deuteronomy 13:16
- Joshua 9:2
- Judges 9:47
- 1 Samuel 7:5
- 2 Samuel 2:25
- 1 Kings 18:19
- 2 Kings 6:24
- 1 Chronicles 11:1
- 2 Chronicles 13:7
- Ezra 7:28
- Esther 2:3
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.
