כָּבַסkâbaç
(tread), wash
Pronunciation: kaw-bas' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3526
Meanings
Qal: (= treader's, washer's) (Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 36:2; 2 Kings 18:17)
Pi`el
1. wash garments (i.e. by treading) (Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:14; 2 Samuel 19:25)
2. wash person, only in poetry and figurative (Jeremiah 2:22; Jeremiah 4:14; Psalms 51:4)
Pu`al: be washed (Leviticus 13:58; Leviticus 15:17)
Hothpa`al: is washed out (Leviticus 13:55; Leviticus 13:56)
Where it appears
Appears 51 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:11 He ties his foal to a grapevine, the colt of his donkey to a choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
- Exodus 19:10 Then the Lord told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.
- Exodus 19:14 So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.
- Leviticus 6:27 Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person’s clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.
- Leviticus 11:25 If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.
- Leviticus 11:28 If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
See every passage
- Genesis 49:11
- Exodus 19:10, 19:14
- Leviticus 6:27, 11:25, 11:28, 11:40, 13:6, 13:34, 13:54, 13:55, 13:56, 13:58, 14:8, 14:9, 14:47, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:10, 15:11, 15:13, 15:17, 15:21, 15:22, 15:27, 16:26, 16:28, 17:15, 17:16
- Numbers 8:7, 8:21, 19:7, 19:8, 19:10, 19:19, 19:21, 31:24
- 2 Samuel 19:24
- 2 Kings 18:17
- Psalms 51:2, 51:7
- Isaiah 7:3, 36:2
- Jeremiah 2:22, 4:14
- Malachi 3:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).