קָבַבqâbab
utter a curse against, curse
Pronunciation: kaw-bab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6895
Meanings
Qal: curse (Numbers 23:8; Numbers 23:27; Leviticus 24:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 22:11 ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”
- Numbers 22:17 I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”
- Numbers 23:8 But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the Lord has not condemned?
- Numbers 23:11 Then King Balak demanded of Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies. Instead, you have blessed them!”
- Numbers 23:13 Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!”
- Numbers 23:25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Fine, but if you won’t curse them, at least don’t bless them!”
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).