Hebrew verb · H6901
קָבַל
qabalkaw-bal'
to receive
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qâbal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6901is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6901
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.
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
qabal is rendered "to receive". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 26:5Make 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.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
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.
Exodus 26:5מַקְבִּילֹת֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in seven 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
- and they received2
- opposite2
- will we accept2
- and accept1
- and he accepted1
- and he received them1
- and they accepted1
- and they took1
- he accepted1
- take1
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 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- מַקְבִּילֹת֙2
- וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙1
- וַיְקַבְּל֤וּ1
- וַיְקַבְּלֵ֣ם1
- וְקִבֵּל֙1
- וְקַבֵּ֣ל1
- וְקִבְּלוּ֙1
- וְקִבְּל֣וּ1
- נְקַבֵּל֙1
- נְקַבֵּ֑ל1
- קַבֶּל־1
- קִבֵּֽל׃1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpq3cp2Hc/Vpq3cp
- Hc/Vpw3mp2Hc/Vpw3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine plural2HVhrfpa
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common plural2HVpi1cp
- Hc/Vpq3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vpv2ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpv2ms
Exodus
two uses
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.
- מַקְבִּילֹת֙makbilotverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine pluraltagged: opposite
He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
- מַקְבִּילֹת֙makbilotverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine pluraltagged: opposite
1 Chronicles
two uses
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
- וַיְקַבְּלֵ֣םvaykabelemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he received them
So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
- קַבֶּל־kabel-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take
2 Chronicles
two uses
So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
- וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙vaykabeluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they received
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.
- וַיְקַבְּל֤וּvaykabeluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they took
Ezra
one use
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.
- וְקִבְּלוּ֙vekibeluHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they received
Esther
three uses
When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
- קִבֵּֽל׃kibelverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he accepted
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
- וְקִבֵּל֙vekibelHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he accepted
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
- וְקִבְּל֣וּvekibelHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they accepted
Job
two uses
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- נְקַבֵּל֙nekabelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: will we accept
- נְקַבֵּ֑לnekabelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: will we accept
Proverbs
one use
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- וְקַבֵּ֣לvekabelconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and accept
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.