קָבַל
qa.val
“to receive”
Definition
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
a primitive root;
- to take, receive, be before 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to take, choose, receive 1a2) to accept 1a3) to accept, assume 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show oppositeness 1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other Aramaic equivalent: qe.val (*קַבֵּל *"to receive" H6902)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
קָבַל appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
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