כָּסָהkâçâh
cover
Pronunciation: kaw-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3680
Meanings
Qal: active
1. conceal (Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 12:23)
2. covered (Psalms 32:1)
Niph`al: covered (Jeremiah 51:42; Ezekiel 24:8)
Pi`el: I caused the deep to mourn for them (Numbers 9:15; Leviticus 17:13; Numbers 17:7)
1. cover, clothe (Judges 4:19; Ezekiel 16:10; Ezekiel 16:18)
2. cover, conceal (Genesis 37:26; Job 16:18; Deuteronomy 23:14)
3. cover (Exodus 21:33; Leviticus 16:13; Exodus 26:13)
4. cover, spread over (Exodus 29:13; Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 3:3)
5. cover, overwhelm (Exodus 14:28; Exodus 15:5; Exodus 15:10)
6. cover over, followed by על of person or thing covered (2 Chronicles 5:8; Numbers 16:33; Psalms 106:17)
Pual: plural (Psalms 80:11; Proverbs 24:31; Ecclesiastes 6:4)
1. be covered, followed by accusative (Psalms 80:11; Genesis 7:19; Genesis 7:20)
2. be clothed, followed by בְּ (1 Chronicles 21:16; Ecclesiastes 6:4)
Hithpa`el: cover, clothe oneself (Isaiah 37:1; 2 Kings 19:1; Proverbs 26:26)
Same root
- כֶּסֶאkeçeʼ · H3677properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival
- כִּסֵּאkiççêʼ · H3678properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- כָּסוּיkâçûwy · H3681properly, covered, i.e. (as noun) a covering
- כְּסוּתkᵉçûwth · H3682a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling
- כֶּסֶתkeçeth · H3704a cushion or pillow (as covering a seat or bed)
- מִכְסֶהmikçeh · H4372a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
- מְכַסֶּהmᵉkaççeh · H4374a covering, i.e. garment; specifically, a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines)
Where it appears
Appears 152 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 7:19 Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
- Genesis 7:20 rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.
- Genesis 9:23 Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
- Genesis 18:17 “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the Lord asked.
- Genesis 24:65 “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant. And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
- Genesis 37:26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother? We’d have to cover up the crime.
See every passage
- Genesis 7:19, 7:20, 9:23, 18:17, 24:65, 37:26, 38:14, 38:15
- Exodus 8:6, 10:5, 10:15, 14:28, 15:5, 15:10, 16:13, 21:33, 24:15, 24:16, 26:13, 28:42, 29:13, 29:22, 40:34
- Leviticus 3:3, 3:9, 3:14, 4:8, 7:3, 13:12, 13:13, 16:13, 17:13
- Numbers 4:5, 4:8, 4:9, 4:11, 4:12, 4:15, 9:15, 9:16, 16:33, 16:42, 22:5, 22:11
- Deuteronomy 13:8, 22:12, 23:13
- Joshua 24:7
- Judges 4:18, 4:19
- 1 Samuel 19:13
- 1 Kings 1:1, 7:18, 7:41, 7:42, 11:29
- 2 Kings 19:1, 19:2
- 1 Chronicles 21:16
- 2 Chronicles 4:12, 4:13, 5:8
- Nehemiah 4:5
- Job 9:24, 15:27, 16:18, 21:26, 22:11, 23:17, 31:33, 33:17, 36:30, 36:32, 38:34
- Psalms 32:1, 32:5, 40:10, 44:15, 44:19, 55:5, 69:7, 78:53, 80:10, 85:2, 104:6, 104:9, 106:11, 106:17, 140:9, 143:9, 147:8
- Proverbs 10:6, 10:11, 10:12, 10:18, 11:13, 12:16, 12:23, 17:9, 24:31, 26:26, 28:13
- Ecclesiastes 6:4
- Isaiah 6:2, 11:9, 26:21, 29:10, 37:1, 37:2, 51:16, 58:7, 59:6, 60:2, 60:6
- Jeremiah 3:25, 46:8, 51:42, 51:51
- Ezekiel 1:11, 1:23, 7:18, 12:6, 12:12, 16:8, 16:10, 16:18, 18:7, 18:16, 24:7, 24:8, 26:10, 26:19, 30:18, 31:15, 32:7, 38:9, 38:16, 41:16
- Hosea 2:9, 10:8
- Obadiah 1:10
- Jonah 3:6, 3:8
- Micah 7:10
- Habakkuk 2:14, 2:17, 3:3
- Malachi 2:13, 2:16
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).