Hebrew verb · H3518
כָּבָה
kabahkaw-baw'
to quench
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kâbâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3518is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 20spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3518
to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
The King James renders it: go (put) out, quench.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kabah is rendered "to quench". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 6:12The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
- The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.
The first use
The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
Leviticus 6:12תִכְבֶּ֔ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eleven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it will be extinguished7
- extinguishes4
- it will be quenched3
- it is extinguished2
- and they extinguished1
- and they will extinguish1
- he will extinguish it1
- it was extinguished1
- they were quenched1
- to extinguish1
- when extinguishing you1
- you will extinguish1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
20 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תִכְבֶּ֔ה3
- מְכַבֶּ֔ה2
- תִכְבֶּֽה׃2
- בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙1
- וַיְכַבּוּ֙1
- וְכִבּ֗וּ1
- יִכְבֶּ֔ה1
- יִכְבֶּ֖ה1
- יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה1
- כָבֽוּ׃1
- לְכַבּ֣וֹת1
- מְכַבֶּ֖ה1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular11HVqi3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular4HVprmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vpq3cp1Hc/Vpq3cp
- Hc/Vpw3mp1Hc/Vpw3mp
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vpcc
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Vpcc/Sp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpi3ms/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
Leviticus
two uses
The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
- תִכְבֶּ֔הtikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
- תִכְבֶֽה׃ סtikhvehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
1 Samuel
one use
Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
- יִכְבֶּ֔הyikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was extinguished
2 Samuel
two uses
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
- וְכִבּ֗וּvekhibuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will extinguish
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
- תְכַבֶּ֖הtekhabehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will extinguish
2 Kings
one use
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
- תִכְבֶּֽה׃tikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be quenched
2 Chronicles
two uses
They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
- וַיְכַבּוּ֙vaykhabuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they extinguished
because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
- תִכְבֶּֽה׃tikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be quenched
Proverbs
two uses
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- תִּכְבֶּה־tikhbeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is extinguished
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- יִכְבֶּ֖הyikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is extinguished
Song of Solomon
one use
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
- לְכַבּ֣וֹתlekhabotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to extinguish
Isaiah
five uses
The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
- מְכַבֶּֽה׃ סmekhabehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: extinguishes
It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
- תִכְבֶּ֔הtikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
- יְכַבֶּ֑נָּהyekhabbenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will extinguish it
who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
- כָבֽוּ׃khavuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were quenched
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- תִכְבֶּ֔הtikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
Jeremiah
four uses
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- מְכַבֶּ֔הmekhabehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: extinguishes
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- תִכְבֶּֽה׃ סtikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be quenched
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
- תִכְבֶּֽה׃ פtikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
- מְכַבֶּ֔הmekhabehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: extinguishes
Ezekiel
three uses
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
- תִכְבֶּה֙tikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
- תִּכְבֶּֽה׃tikhbehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be extinguished
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- בְכַבּֽוֹתְךָ֙vekhabotkhapreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: when extinguishing you
Amos
one use
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- מְכַבֶּ֖הmekhabehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: extinguishes
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.