קָבַע
qâbaʻ · H6906 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to rob, to steal
Action by which humans or deities take or keep for one's own the possessions that belong to someone else
ExamplesProverbs 22:23 For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.
Malachi 3:8 “Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:9 “You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the entire nation of you!
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- אַתָּהyou 2
- אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1
- Not stated: we 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- נִיme 2
- אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
- קָבַעto rob 1
- ךָּyou 1
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ מָהwhat?, why? 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםthem 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קָבַעto rob 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- בָּזַז bâzaz · H962 · to plunder, to pillage, to loot
- Common Hebrew synonym for plundering or taking spoil; both verbs denote forcible seizure of goods, though בָּזַז is more frequently used in military conquest contexts.
- שָׁסָה shâçâh · H8154 · to plunder, to pillage, to loot
- Hebrew verb for plundering or despoiling; overlaps semantically with קָבַע in expressing violent seizure of property.
- גָּזַל gâzal · H1497 · to seize, to snatch away, to rob
- Hebrew verb for robbing or seizing by force; shares the core sense of forcible taking with קָבַע, though גָּזַל is more common and broadly applied.
Contrasting words 1 word
- נָתַן nâthan · H5414 · to give, to grant a covenant
- Lexical opposite: נָתַן expresses voluntary transfer of property to another, while קָבַע denotes forcible seizure from another.
In the other Testament 3 words
- ἁρπάζω harpázō · G726 · to seize, to snatch away, to take away
- Greek equivalent for the Hebrew concept of forcibly taking or robbing; both express violent seizure of property or plunder.
- διαρπάζω diarpázō · G1283 · to plunder, to rob
- Greek compound verb specifically denoting thorough plundering or spoiling, direct translation equivalent for קָבַע in contexts of robbing/despoiling.
- συλάω syláō · G4813 · to rob
- Greek verb for robbing or despoiling, particularly in military or violent contexts, matching the semantic range of קָבַע.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Possess002003002019
- The word means to rob or defraud, used of withholding from God what is owed to Him in tithes and offerings, which the LORD calls robbing Him (Malachi 3:8-9).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6906. qaba קָבַע verb dubious, perhaps rob (synonym גזל, so Rabb (rare), see DePr 22,…
קָבַע verb dubious, perhaps rob (synonym גזל, so Rabb (rare), see DePr 22, 23); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְקָכַע Pro 22:23, subject ׳י, with accusative of person + thing; with accusative pers alone 1 plural קְבַעֲנוּךָ כַּמֶּה Mal 3:8 (object ׳י); Imperfect3masculine singular אֱלֹהִים אָדָם הֲיִקְבַּע Mal 3:8; Participle active אֹתִי קֹבְעִים אַתֶּם Mal 3:8; Mal 3:9; suffix קֹבְעֵיהֶם Pro 22:23 those robbing them. — In Malachi ᵐ5 We עָקַב circumvent.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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