קָבַל
qâbal · kaw-bal'
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָבַל 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- received2 · 15%
- may take hold1 · 8%
- held1 · 8%
- choose1 · 8%
- took1 · 8%
- so took1 · 8%
- from him: but he received1 · 8%
- undertook1 · 8%
- and took1 · 8%
- shall we receive1 · 8%
- and shall we not receive1 · 8%
- and receive1 · 8%
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.