Midvash

קָבַץqâbats

gather, collect

Pronunciation: kaw-bats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6908

Meanings

Qal: gather, collect (1 Kings 20:1; Psalms 41:7; Genesis 41:48)

1. one gathering, his heart gathereth wickedness to itself. (Genesis 41:35; Genesis 41:48; Deuteronomy 13:17)

2. gather, assemble (1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Kings 18:20)

Niph`al

1. assemble, gather (1 Samuel 25:1; Genesis 49:2; Isaiah 45:20)

2. be gathered (Isaiah 60:7; Esther 2:8; Esther 2:19)

Pi`el: gather together (Deuteronomy 30:3; Micah 4:12; Psalms 107:3)

1. usually of ׳ י gathering his dispersed people (accusative), sometimes under figure of flock (Micah 2:12; Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19)

2. men subject (Hosea 9:6; Ezekiel 29:5; Nehemiah 13:11)

3. perhaps (gather and so) take away (= אָסַף 4) (Nahum 2:11; Joel 2:6)

Pu`al: of land (for people) of Israel (Ezekiel 38:8)

Hithpa`el: gather together, be gathered together. (Judges 9:47; 1 Samuel 7:7; 1 Samuel 8:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 127 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 41:35 Have them gather all the food produced in the good years that are just ahead and bring it to Pharaoh’s storehouses. Store it away, and guard it so there will be food in the cities.
  • Genesis 41:48 During those years, Joseph gathered all the crops grown in Egypt and stored the grain from the surrounding fields in the cities.
  • Genesis 49:2 “Come and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.
  • Deuteronomy 13:16 Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.
  • Deuteronomy 30:3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.
  • Deuteronomy 30:4 Even though you are banished to the ends of the earth, the Lord your God will gather you from there and bring you back again.
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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).