קָבַב
qâbab · kaw-bab'
to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, curse.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › the house, what is within
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָבַב 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thee to curse2 · 25%
- now, curse1 · 13%
- therefore, i pray thee, curse1 · 13%
- hath not cursed1 · 13%
- them all: and curse1 · 13%
- them at all1 · 13%
- that thou mayest curse1 · 13%
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.