קָשַׁשׁ
qâshash · H7197 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to gather, to come together
Action by which humans come together for a common purpose
ExamplesZephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yes, join together, You nation without shame,
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to gather, to collect
Causative action by which humans gather small objects such as straw or sticks
ExamplesExodus 5:7 “You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as previously; have them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus 5:12 So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Numbers 15:32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
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
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- הִנֵּהbehold 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 1
- וֹhim 1
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- עֵץtree, wood 4
- קַשׁstubble 1
- תֶּבֶןstraw 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 1
- לto/for+ תֶּבֶןstraw 1
- לto/for+ הֶםthem 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁםthere 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָצָאto find 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 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 5 words
- כָּנַס kânaç · H3664 · to gather, to assemble, to curl up
- Both words denote gathering actions and both mean "to gather."
- צָבַר tsâbar · H6651 · to heap up, to pile up, to store up
- Both words denote gathering actions, overlapping in the sense of "gather together."
- קָבַץ qâbats · H6908 · to come together, to gather, to assemble
- Both words denote gathering or assembling actions and could substitute for "gather" or "assemble" in similar contexts.
- אָסַף ʼâçaph · H622 · to gather, to be assembled, to assemble
- Both words are verbs of gathering. אָסַף (ʼâçaph, H622) has a broad range including gathering and assembling, while קָשַׁשׁ (qâshash, H7197) is narrower; they are distinct words that can substitute in the sense of gathering.
- לָקַשׁ lâqash · H3953 · to gather, to glean
- Both words are verbs of gathering with directly overlapping content.
In the other Testament 1 word
- συνάγω synágō · G4863 · to gather together, to call together, to store
- Greek συνάγω renders Hebrew קָשַׁשׁ when the gathering action involves collective assembly or convening (Exodus 5:7, 12 contexts of Israelites gathering straw/stubble); both denote bringing scattered items or persons together into one place.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Gather002003002013
- The word means to gather, directly illustrated by the Israelites sent to gather straw and stubble for themselves (Exodus 5:7, 12), a man found gathering wood on the Sabbath (Numbers 15:32-33), and the widow of Zarephath gathering sticks (1 Kings 17:10).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7197. qashash [קָשַׁשׁ] verb denominative Po`el gather stubble; — Perfect3plural…
[קָשַׁשׁ] verb denominative Po`el gather stubble; — Perfect3plural consecutive וְקשְׁשׁוּ Exo 5:7; Infinitive construct לְקשֵׁשׁ Exo 5:12; Participle מְקשֵׁשׁ Num 15:32-33, feminine מְקשֶׁשֶׁת 1Ki 17:10, 1Ki 17:12; — gather stubble, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb קַשׁ Exo 5:12 (לַתֶּבֶן); also with accusative תֶּבֶן Exo 5:7 (both J); with accusative עֵצִים as firewood Num 15:32-33, (P) 1Ki 17:10, 1Ki 17:12.
II. [קָשַׁשׁ] doubtful verb, only
Qal Imperative +
Hithpo`el Imperative, וָקוֺשּׁוּ הִתְקוֺשְׁשׁוּ Zep 2:1; AV RV gather yourselves together, yea gather together, from foregoing (compare Vrss), but this only denominative in specific meaning gather stubble, sticks, etc.; read probably with Gr BuSK 1893, 396 and others הִתְבּוֺשְׁשׁוּ.
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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