What does קָבַץ (qābaṣ) mean in the Bible?
קָבַץ (qābaṣ): Gather with force or intentionality; physically collect or bring dispersed items/people into unified assembly.
Hebrew · H6908
קָבַץ
To grasp , i.e. collect
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קָבַץ H6908
Pronunciation qābaṣ
What does קָבַץ (qābaṣ) mean in the Bible?
קָבַץ (qābaṣ): Gather with force or intentionality; physically collect or bring dispersed items/people into unified assembly.
Full entry for קָבַץ (H6908) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6908?
The BSB source-word alignment has 127 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include gathered (9), I will gather (8), and gather (6), assembled (6), Gather (5).
Where does קָבַץ (qābaṣ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 41:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (20), Ezekiel (16), 2 Chronicles (11), 1 Samuel (10).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It gathered 9× Judges 12:4, 1 Samuel 25:1, 1 Samuel 28:1, 1 Samuel 28:4
I will gather 8× Isaiah 56:8, Ezekiel 11:17, Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 22:19
and gather 6× Jeremiah 29:14, Ezekiel 20:34, Ezekiel 20:41, Ezekiel 36:24
assembled 6× 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 22:6, 2 Kings 6:24, 2 Chronicles 18:5
Gather 5× 1 Samuel 7:5, 1 Chronicles 16:35, Isaiah 43:9, Isaiah 60:4
and gathered 4× 2 Chronicles 23:2, 2 Chronicles 32:6, Ezra 7:28, Psalms 107:3
assemble 4× Psalms 102:22, Isaiah 44:11, Ezekiel 39:17, Joel 2:16
to assemble 3× Nehemiah 7:5, Esther 2:3, Zephaniah 3:8
will gather them 3× Isaiah 34:16, Jeremiah 31:10, Hosea 9:6
and gather them 2× Jeremiah 31:8, Zechariah 10:10
and gather you 2× Deuteronomy 30:3, Isaiah 43:5
Come together 2× Genesis 49:2, Isaiah 48:14
gather together 2× Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 49:18
gathered together 2× 1 Samuel 8:4, 1 Samuel 28:4
he gathers 2× Psalms 41:6, Isaiah 40:11
rallied 2× 1 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 2:25
to gather 2× Isaiah 66:18, Zechariah 10:8
together 2× 1 Samuel 29:1, 2 Kings 10:18
will be gathered 2× Isaiah 60:7, Hosea 1:11
will gather 2× Isaiah 34:15, Jeremiah 23:3
. . . 1× Micah 2:12
[whose people] were gathered 1× Ezekiel 38:8
a shepherd 1× Isaiah 13:14
and assembled 1× 1 Kings 18:20
and collect 1× 2 Chronicles 24:5
and collects 1× Habakkuk 2:5
and gather us 1× Psalms 106:47
and gather yourselves 1× Joel 3:11
and had gathered 1× 1 Kings 11:24
And he assembled 1× 2 Chronicles 15:9
and I will gather 1× 2 Samuel 3:21
and I will gather them 1× Ezekiel 37:21
and those who gather [grapes] 1× Isaiah 62:9
Assemble yourselves 1× Jeremiah 49:14
besides those already gathered 1× Isaiah 56:8
but what is earned 1× Proverbs 13:11
came together 1× 1 Chronicles 11:1
gather them 1× Ezekiel 34:13
grows pale 1× Nahum 2:10
had gathered 1× 1 Samuel 7:7
have joined forces 1× Joshua 10:6
he gathered 1× 2 Samuel 2:30
He has gathered them 1× Micah 4:12
He will collect 1× Isaiah 11:12
I will assemble 1× Micah 4:6
I will bring you back 1× Isaiah 54:7
I will collect 1× Micah 2:12
I will gather them 1× Nehemiah 1:9
I will surely gather [My people] 1× Jeremiah 32:37
Joseph collected 1× Genesis 41:48
lays it up 1× Proverbs 28:8
let them collect 1× Genesis 41:35
Now I assembled [these exiles] 1× Ezra 8:15
or gathered for burial 1× Ezekiel 29:5
rally 1× Nehemiah 4:20
round them up 1× Hosea 8:10
she collected 1× Micah 1:7
should gather 1× Ezra 10:7
So he gathered 1× 2 Chronicles 24:5
so that they may join 1× 1 Chronicles 13:2
So they gathered together 1× 2 Chronicles 15:10
Then I gathered the Levites and singers together 1× Nehemiah 13:11
they came 1× Joshua 9:2
to gather them 1× Nahum 3:18
to meet 1× 1 Kings 18:19
to regather 1× Jeremiah 49:5
turns pale 1× Joel 2:6
were assembled 1× Esther 2:19
were gathered 1× Nehemiah 5:16
were gathered there 1× Judges 9:47
When I gather 1× Ezekiel 28:25
When they had gathered 1× 1 Samuel 7:6
who gathers 1× Isaiah 56:8
who have gathered 1× Jeremiah 40:15
will gather you 1× Deuteronomy 30:4
you are to gather 1× Deuteronomy 13:16
You collected 1× Isaiah 22:9
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 41:35 וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּ to let them collect Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Genesis 41:48 וַיִּקְבֹּ֞ץ to Joseph collected Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 49:2 הִקָּבְצ֥וּ to Come together Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural Deuteronomy 13:16 תִּקְבֹּץ֮ to you are to gather Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Deuteronomy 30:3 וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙ to and gather you Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Deuteronomy 30:4 יְקַבֶּצְךָ֙ to will gather you Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Joshua 9:2 וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ to they came Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Joshua 10:6 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ to have joined forces Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Judges 9:47 הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ to were gathered there Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural Judges 12:4 וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ to gathered Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 41:35
Aligned rows 127
Books represented 25
Genesis 3 Deuteronomy 3 Joshua 2 Judges 2 1 Samuel 10 2 Samuel 3 1 Kings 5 2 Kings 2 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 11 Ezra 5 Nehemiah 5 Esther 3 Psalms 4 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 20 Jeremiah 8 Ezekiel 16 Hosea 3 Joel 4 Micah 5 Nahum 2 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 3 Zechariah 2
Source forms
וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ 6x way·yiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 28:4, 2 Chronicles 13:7, 2 Chronicles 20:4
וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ 5x way·yiq·bōṣ Judges 12:4, 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Kings 11:24, 2 Kings 10:18
וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י 4x wə·qib·baṣ·tî Jeremiah 29:14, Ezekiel 20:34, Ezekiel 20:41, Ezekiel 39:27
נִקְבְּצ֣וּ 4x niq·bə·ṣū Joshua 10:6, Isaiah 43:9, Isaiah 49:18, Isaiah 60:4
אֲקַבֵּץ֙ 2x ’ă·qab·bêṣ Jeremiah 23:3, Micah 2:12
אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם 2x ’ă·qab·bə·ṣêm Hosea 8:10, Zechariah 10:10
הִקָּבְצ֥וּ 2x hiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū Genesis 49:2, Isaiah 45:20
הִקָּבְצ֤וּ 2x hiq·qā·ḇə·ṣū Isaiah 48:14, Ezekiel 39:17
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 14x Genesis 41:48, Judges 12:4, 1 Samuel 28:4, 2 Samuel 2:30
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 9x 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 25:1, 1 Samuel 28:4, 1 Chronicles 11:1
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 9x Jeremiah 29:14, Ezekiel 11:17, Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 20:34
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural 6x Joshua 10:6, Ezra 10:1, Isaiah 34:15, Isaiah 43:9
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular 5x Isaiah 56:8, Jeremiah 23:3, Ezekiel 29:13, Micah 2:12
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular 5x Isaiah 13:14, Isaiah 56:8, Jeremiah 49:5, Ezekiel 16:37
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 4x Joshua 9:2, 1 Samuel 8:4, 1 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 2:25
Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural 4x Genesis 49:2, Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 48:14, Ezekiel 39:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Gather with force or intentionality; physically collect or bring dispersed items/people into unified assembly.
Strong's H6908
Lexical occurrences 127 verses Word forms 5 forms 44 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Genesis 41:37-57 Source Gloss
to grasp , i.e. collect
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Gather with force or intentionality; physically collect or bring dispersed items/people into unified assembly.
to grasp, i.e. collect BDB: gather Usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 44
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 13×
Perfect Ezra 10:1 · Isa 34:15 · Isa 43:9 · Isa 49:18 · Isa 60:4 · Josh 10:6 6×
Sequential imperfect Ezek 39:17 · Gen 49:2 · Isa 45:20 · Isa 48:14 4×
Imperfect Ezek 29:5 · Isa 60:7 · Neh 4:14 3×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 17×
Imperfect Ezek 29:13 · Isa 56:8 · Jer 23:3 · Mic 2:12 · Zeph 3:19 · Isa 11:12 · Isa 40:11 7×
Participle active Ezek 16:37 · Isa 13:14 · Isa 56:8 · Jer 49:5 · Nah 3:18 5×
Perfect Joel 2:6 · Nah 2:11 · Mic 1:7 3×
Infinitive absolute Mic 2:12 1×
Cohortative Mic 4:6 1×
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others 4×
Perfect 1Sam 7:7 · Jer 49:14 · Judg 9:47 3×
Imperfect Isa 44:11 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 9×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 7:5 · Joel 2:16 · 1Kgs 18:19 3×
Imperfect Deut 13:17 · Ezek 22:20 · Ps 41:7 3×
Perfect 1Kgs 20:1 1×
Participle active Ezek 22:19 1×
Participle passive Neh 5:16 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Participle passive Ezek 38:8 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
collecting and storing grain during abundance for future famine
assembling of nations and peoples to Zion in eschatological restoration
reassembling scattered exiles back to their land after captivity
accumulating wealth gradually through diligent work and gain
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 127 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
קָבַץ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain