קָבַץ
qâbats · kaw-bats'
to grasp, i.e. collect
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to grasp, i.e. collect
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָבַץ 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
127 occurrences · 127 OT · 0 NT · 102 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and gather11 · 14%
- gathered9 · 11%
- together9 · 11%
- were gathered together5 · 6%
- gathered themselves together5 · 6%
- and gathered4 · 5%
- and i will gather3 · 4%
- assemble3 · 4%
- gather3 · 4%
- and will gather3 · 4%
- gathered together3 · 4%
- yet will i gather2 · 3%
- and i gathered them together2 · 3%
- he shall gather2 · 3%
- and he gathered2 · 3%
- be gathered2 · 3%
- behold, therefore i will gather2 · 3%
- i will even gather2 · 3%
- will i gather2 · 3%
- are gathered together1 · 1%
- that they gathered1 · 1%
- and thou shalt gather1 · 1%
- gather yourselves together1 · 1%
- and he gathered up1 · 1%
- and let them gather1 · 1%
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.