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קָשַׁר

qâshar · H7194 · Hebrew · 44 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to be joined together, to be combined

    Process by which separate objects being joined together to form one unit

    Examples

    Nehemiah 4:6 So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

  2. Action by which humans attach ornaments to their body or clothing (to put on (ornaments))

    Examples

    Isaiah 49:18 “Raise your eyes and look around; All of them gather together, they come to you. As I live,” declares the LORD, “You will certainly put them all on as jewelry and bind them on as a bride.

  3. to tie

    Causative actions by which humans attach ropes to other objects

    Examples

    Genesis 38:28 Moreover, it took place while she was giving birth, that one baby put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

    Joshua 2:18 unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather into your house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.

    Joshua 2:21 She then said, “According to your words, so be it.” So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

  4. to tie

    Causative action by which humans attach objects to other objects with a rope

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 6:8 “You shall also tie them as a sign to your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.

    Deuteronomy 11:18 “You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.

    Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.

  5. to tie, meaning to keep together

    The action by which humans tie a rope between two objects in order to keep them together

    Examples

    Job 38:31 “Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades, Or untie the cords of Orion?

  6. to be bound

    Literally: to be tied in an object; process by which an event continues to take place within a certain location

    Examples

    Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

  7. Literally: (someone's self) is attached (to someone else's self); hence: process by which humans experience a deep affection for other humans (to be bound (to someone else) > to love)

    Examples

    Genesis 44:30 “So now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since our father’s life is so attached to the boy’s life—

  8. to bind

    The action by which humans tie part of the body of an animal with a rope or cord in order to keep it under control

    Examples

    Job 39:10 “Can you tie down the wild bull in a furrow with ropes, Or will he plow the valleys after you?

    Job 41:5 “Will you play with him as with a bird, And tie him down for your young girls?

  9. to conspire or plot against

    The action by which humans devise a plan concerning other humans with the intention to harm that person

    Examples

    1 Samuel 22:8 “For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who informs me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who cares about me or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as it is this day.”

    1 Samuel 22:13 Saul then said to him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?”

    2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone informed David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “LORD, please make the advice of Ahithophel foolish.”

  10. to be strong, to be healthy

    State in which animals are vigorous, strong, and healthy

    Examples

    Genesis 30:41 Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the drinking troughs, so that they would mate by the rods;

    Genesis 30:42 but when the flock was sickly, he did not put them in; so the sickly were Laban’s, and the stronger were Jacob’s.

How it’s used In 8 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

41 occurrences in 21 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

17 occurrences in 8 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

36 occurrences in 27 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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 6 words
רָכַס râkaç · H7405 · to bind
Both lexemes share the core sense of "bind" and co-occur in the "Attach" domain. קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194) has broader, extended senses (conspire, knit, stronger), but the fundamental binding sense overlaps with רָכַס (râkaç, H7405)'s narrower gloss. This is genuine same-language near-synonymy.
צָמַד tsâmad · H6775 · to be fastened, to be girded, to associate (with)
Both words can substitute for one another in contexts requiring "to fasten, bind, or join."
עָנַד ʻânad · H6029 · to bind on
Both words are verbs of binding with overlapping core senses (עָנַד (ʻânad, H6029) "bind, tie" and קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194) "bind (up), join together, knit"). קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194) also has extended senses such as conspire and treason, but the core binding sense is clearly shared.
חָתַם châtham · H2856 · to seal, to block, to close off
Both lexemes share a genuine semantic overlap in the "Attach" domain (חָתַם (châtham, H2856) can mean "seal [up]" in the sense of fastening/closing; קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194) "bind [up]" in the sense of fastening together). The pairing reflects real but modest synonymy in the narrow "fasten/attach" sense, though each has broader distinct uses (חָתַם (châtham, H2856): sealing documents, stopping up; קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194): conspiracy, knitting). This is a real but limited synonym relationship.
אָסַר ʼâçar · H631 · to tie, to bind, to harness
Both words denote physical binding actions, overlapping in the senses of binding, tying and fastening.
רָתַק râthaq · H7576 · to put in chains, to snap, to sever
Both words are verbs of binding that could substitute for each other in the sense of fastening or tying; רָתַק (râthaq, H7576) is rare, occurring only twice.
Semantic domains 6 entries
Attach002003001001
The word means to bind or tie, directly illustrated by tying a scarlet thread on the baby's hand (Genesis 38:28) and the command to tie the words as a sign to one's hand (Deuteronomy 6:8).
Happen002002003003
This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern binding, mating, and emotional attachment rather than events occurring.
Love002001002018
The word's figurative bond of affection is directly illustrated by Judah's plea that "our father's life is so attached to the boy's life" (Genesis 44:30).
Bind002003001002
The same tying citations directly illustrate this sense, as with the scarlet thread tied on the newborn's hand (Genesis 38:28) and the words tied as a sign on the hand (Deuteronomy 6:8).
Think002004002013
This domain reflects the word's "conspire" sense (plotting together); it is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern binding and mating rather than plotting.
Strong002001001063
The word's "stronger" sense is directly illustrated by Jacob's breeding scheme producing "the stronger of the flock" for himself (Genesis 30:41-42).
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָשַׁרqâshar · H7194קֶשֶׁר qesher · H7195 · conspiracy, plot · 16×קִשֻּׁר qishshur · H7196 · sashes, girdles, ribbons · 2×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7194. qashar קָשַׁר verb bind, league together, conspire (Late Hebrew id., bind, join,…
H7194. qashar
קָשַׁר verb bind, league together, conspire (Late Hebrew id., bind, join, קֶשֶׁר knot; קְטַר ᵑ7, Syriac bind (ט for ת after ק) NöZMG xi.735, who compare also ('perhaps') Arabic force to do a thing, Ethiopic bind); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular קָשַׁר Amo 7:10; 1Ki 16:16; 1Ki 16:2masculine singular suffix וּקְשַׁרְתָּם consecutive Deu 6:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקְשֹׁר 1Ki 15:27 +, וַיִּקְשָׁרֿ 2Ki 15:30, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix קָשְׁרֵם Pro 3:3 +; Participle active plural קשְׁרִים 2Sa 15:31 +; passive feminine singular קְשׁוּרָה Gen 44:30; Pro 22:15; plural קְשֻׁרִים Gen 30:42; —
1 bind:
a. literal, with accusative of thing + עַל Gen 38:28 (J), Jer 51:63, + ב, Jos 2:18, Jos 2:21 (JE); bind, confine, with accusative רֵים Job 39:10 (+ בְּתֶלֶם), accusative of crocodile Job 40:29.
b. figurative, with accusative + עַל Deu 6:8; Deu 11:18; Pro 3:3; Pro 6:21; Pro 7:3 (all of religious and moral precepts); with בְנַפְשׁוֺ קְשׁוּרָה נַפְשׁוֺ ב, Gen 44:30 his life is bound up with his [namely the boy's] life (J; of strong affection); ק ׳אִוֶּלֶת בְלֶבנָֿ֑עַר Pro 22:15.
c. passive participle vigorous (properly well- knit; opposed to עֲטֻפִים) Gen 30:42 (J).
2 league together, conspire: with עָ person against 1Sa 22:8; 1Sa 22:13; Amo 7:10; 1Ki 15:27; 1Ki 16:9; 2Ki 10:9; 2Ki 15:10; 2Ki 15:25, 2Ki 21:23; 2Ki 21:24 2Ch 33:24-25, 2Ch 24:21; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb קֶשֶׁר, 1Ki 16:20; 2Ki 12:21; 2Ki 15:15, + עַל person 2Ki 14:19 2Ch 25:27; 2Ki 15:30; absolute 1Ki 16:16; Neh 4:2 (+ infinitive purpose); with עִם, together with, 2Sa 15:31.
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נִקְשְׁרָה 1Sa 18:1 the life of Jonathan was bound up with the life of David (Qal 1 b); Imperfect3feminine singular כָּלהַֿחוֺמָה וַתִּקָּשֵׁר Nehemiah 3:38 all the wall was joined together (the circuit complete).
Pi`el Imperfect
1 bind on (as ornament), 2 feminine singular suffix וּתְקַשְּׁרִים Isa 49:18 (figurative; || תִּלְבְּשִׁי).
2 bind fast, 2 masculine singular תְקַשּׁר (הַ) כִּימָה מַעֲדַנּוֺת Job 38:31 canst thou bind fast the bands of the Pleiades?
Pu`al Participle הַמְּקֻשָּׁרוֺת הַצּאִן Gen 30:41 (J), = Qal 1 with Hithpa`el conspire: Perfect3plural עַלֿ הִתְקַשְּׁרוּ2Ch 24:25 (|| 2Ki 12:21 Qal 2); Imperfect3masculine singular אֶלֿ וַיִּתְקַשּׁר 2Ki 9:14; Participle plural עָלָיו הַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִים2Ch 24:26.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 6 entries
Strong2 occurrencesLove2 occurrencesHappen1 occurrenceAttach12 occurrencesBind2 occurrencesThink25 occurrences

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

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