קָבַע
qâbaʻ · kaw-bah'
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rob, spoil.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › to see and know
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָבַע 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and spoil1 · 17%
- of those that spoiled1 · 17%
- rob1 · 17%
- yet ye have robbed1 · 17%
- wherein have we robbed1 · 17%
- for ye have robbed1 · 17%
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.