כָּבַשׁ
ka.vash
“to subdue”
Definition
to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate
a primitive root;
- to subject, subdue, force, keep under, bring into bondage 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bring into bondage, make subservient 1a2) to subdue, force, violate 1a3) to subdue, dominate, tread down 1b) (Niphal) to be subdued 1c) (Piel) to subdue 1d) (Hiphil) to bring into bondage
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Occurrences
כָּבַשׁ appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
He will again have compassion on us;He will vanquish our iniquities.You will cast out all our sinsinto the depths of the sea.
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