כָּבַשׁ kavash

Hebrew word for “to subdue” · Strong’s H3533 · used 14 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) to subject, subdue, force, keep under, bring into bondage;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kavash in context, with how often each is used:

• will be subdued 2
• subjugated 2
• will subdue 2
• subdue 1
• subdued 1
• had subdued 1
• has been subdued 1
• subjugate 1
• bringing into bondage 1
• being brought into bondage 1
• violate 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 32 (2), Jeremiah 34 (2), Genesis 1 (1), Joshua 18 (1), 2 Samuel 8 (1), 1 Chronicles 22 (1), 2 Chronicles 28 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Esther 7 (1), Micah 7 (1)

Forms

• ונכבשׁה 3
• וכבשׁה 1
• נכבשׁה 1
• כבשׁ 1
• לכבשׁ 1
• כבשׁים 1
• נכבשׁות 1
• לכבושׁ 1
• ויכבשׁום 1
• ותכבשׁו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kavash more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שִׁפְחָה shiphchah “maidservant” 3
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 5
• כֶם khem “you” 4
• חׇפְשִׁי chophshi “free” 2
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 4
• עִם im “with” 4
• אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah “possession” 2
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 2
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 2
• יָם yam “sea” 2
• עַתָּה attah “now” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 2

Key verses

The verses using kavash that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,…
• Numbers 32:22 — And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your…
• Joshua 18:1 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was…
• 2 Samuel 8:11 — Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
• 1 Chronicles 22:18 — Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is…
• 2 Chronicles 28:10 — And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins…
• Nehemiah 5:5 — Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants,…
• Esther 7:8 — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the…
• Jeremiah 34:11 — But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and…
• Jeremiah 34:16 — But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and…
• Micah 7:19 — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• Zechariah 9:15 — The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.