כָּבַשׁkâbash

subdue, bring into bondage

Pronunciation: kaw-bash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3533

Meanings

Qal

1. bring into bondage (Jeremiah 34:11; Jeremiah 34:16; 2 Chronicles 28:10)

2. subdue, force (Esther 7:8)

3. subdue, dominate (Genesis 1:28; Zechariah 9:15; Micah 7:19)

Niph`al: passive of Qal 1 (Joshua 18:1; Nehemiah 5:5; Numbers 32:22)

Pi`el: (of conquest) (2 Samuel 8:11)

Hiph`il: bring into bondage (Jeremiah 34:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
  • Numbers 32:22 then you may return when the Lord has conquered the land. You will have fulfilled your duty to the Lord and to the rest of the people of Israel. And the land on the east side of the Jordan will be your property from the Lord.
  • Numbers 32:29 He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the Lord. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.
  • Joshua 18:1 Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle.
  • 2 Samuel 8:11 King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—
  • 1 Chronicles 22:18 “The Lord your God is with you,” he declared. “He has given you peace with the surrounding nations. He has handed them over to me, and they are now subject to the Lord and his people.
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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).