כָּבַס
kâbaç · kaw-bas'
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
- to trample
- hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fuller, wash(-ing).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the house, what is within › to support and uphold
The open hand that covers of the house, what is within that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּבַס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall wash11 · 25%
- of the fuller's3 · 7%
- wash3 · 7%
- and let them wash2 · 5%
- and they washed2 · 5%
- of them shall wash2 · 5%
- of it shall wash2 · 5%
- and he shall wash2 · 5%
- he washed1 · 2%
- thou shalt wash1 · 2%
- that they wash1 · 2%
- that it is washed1 · 2%
- the washing1 · 2%
- it be, which thou shalt wash1 · 2%
- from them, then it shall be washed1 · 2%
- off: and he shall wash1 · 2%
- then he shall wash1 · 2%
- any of those things shall wash1 · 2%
- he shall wash1 · 2%
- and wash1 · 2%
- shall be washed1 · 2%
- upon shall wash1 · 2%
- and shall wash1 · 2%
- them shall wash1 · 2%
- he shall both wash1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.