Midvash

קָבַעqâbaʻ

dubious, perhaps rob

Pronunciation: kaw-bah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6906

Meanings

Qal: active, those robbing them. (Proverbs 22:23; Malachi 3:8; Malachi 3:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Proverbs 22:23 For the Lord is their defender. He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
  • Malachi 3:8 “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’ “You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.
  • Malachi 3:9 You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.
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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).