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Hebrew verb · H6908

קָבַץ

qabatskaw-bats'

to gather

127 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: qâbats

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6908is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 102
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6908

to grasp, i.e. collect

The King James renders it: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.

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

qabats is rendered "to gather". It stands 127 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:35Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
  • The Greek text spells it 102 different ways.

The first use

Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

Genesis 41:35וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he gathered10
  • and they gathered together10
  • and I will gather9
  • and they gathered4
  • I will gather4
  • and he assembled3
  • and I will gather them3
  • gather3
  • gather together3
  • gathers3
  • I will gather them3
  • they have gathered together3

and 56 more, 127 uses in all

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.

קָבַרqabarto buryUses133
קָבַבqababto curseUses14
קָבַלqabalto receiveUses13
קָבַעqabato robUses6

The words it stands beside

All 127, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

102 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

  • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ6
  • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ5
  • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י4
  • נִקְבְּצ֣וּ4
  • אֲקַבֵּץ֙2
  • אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם2
  • הִקָּבְצ֥וּ2
  • הִקָּבְצ֤וּ2
  • וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ2
  • וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ2
  • וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ2
  • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י2

and 90 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms14Hc/Vqw3ms
  • Hc/VNw3mp9Hc/VNw3mp
  • Hc/Vpq1cs9Hc/Vpq1cs
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVNp3cp
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular5HVpi1cs
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular5HVprmsa
  • Hc/Vtw3mp4Hc/Vtw3mp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine plural4HVNv2mp
  • Hc/Vqw3mp3Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HVpi1cs/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)2HC/R/VNcc
  • Hc/VNq3cp2Hc/VNq3cp

Genesis

three uses
  • Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.

    Genesis 41:35

    • וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּveyikbetzuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and let them gather
  • During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.

    Genesis 41:48

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֞ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

    Genesis 49:2

    • הִקָּבְצ֥וּhikavetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: assemble

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.

    Deuteronomy 13:16

    • תִּקְבֹּץ֮tikbotzverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will gather
  • then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

    Deuteronomy 30:3

    • וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙vekibetzchaHc/Vpq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will gather you
  • Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

    Deuteronomy 30:4

    • יְקַבֶּצְךָ֙yekabetzchaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will gather you

Joshua

two uses
  • they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

    Joshua 9:2

    • וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּvaiyitkabetzuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

    Joshua 10:6

    • נִקְבְּצ֣וּnikbetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have gathered together

Judges

two uses
  • And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,

    Judges 9:47

    • הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּhitkabetzuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had gathered together
  • Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”

    Judges 12:4

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered

1 Samuel

ten uses
  • Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

    1 Samuel 7:5

    • קִבְצ֥וּkivtzuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gather
  • When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

    1 Samuel 7:6

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines

    1 Samuel 7:7

    • הִתְקַבְּצ֤וּhitkabetzuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had gathered together
  • So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    1 Samuel 8:4

    • וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּvaiyitkabetzuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

    1 Samuel 22:2

    • וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּvaiyitkabetzuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

    1 Samuel 25:1

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֤וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”

    1 Samuel 28:1

    • וַיִּקְבְּצ֨וּvaiyikbetzuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

    1 Samuel 28:4

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered together
    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

    1 Samuel 29:1

    • וַיִּקְבְּצ֧וּvaiyikbetzuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they gathered

2 Samuel

three uses
  • The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.

    2 Samuel 2:25

    • וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּvaiyitkabetzuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

    2 Samuel 2:30

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֖ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

    2 Samuel 3:21

    • וְאֶקְבְּצָה֩veekbetzahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and let me gather

1 Kings

five uses
  • and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.

    1 Kings 11:24

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

    1 Kings 18:19

    • קְבֹ֥ץkevotzverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: gather
  • So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

    1 Kings 18:20

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

    1 Kings 20:1

    • קָבַץ֙kavatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gathered
  • So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

    1 Kings 22:6

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered

2 Kings

two uses
  • Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

    2 Kings 6:24

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֛ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

    2 Kings 10:18

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    1 Chronicles 11:1

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

    1 Chronicles 13:2

    • וְיִקָּבְצ֖וּveyikavetzuHC/VNu3mptagged: so they may gather together
  • Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’

    1 Chronicles 16:35

    • וְקַבְּצֵ֥נוּvekabetzenuconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and gather us

2 Chronicles

eleven uses
  • Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

    2 Chronicles 13:7

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered
  • And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

    2 Chronicles 15:9

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he gathered
  • So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

    2 Chronicles 15:10

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered together
  • So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

    2 Chronicles 18:5

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he assembled
  • So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

    2 Chronicles 20:4

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered
  • So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,

    2 Chronicles 23:2

    • וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּvaiyikbetzuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they gathered
  • So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

    2 Chronicles 24:5

    • וַיִּקְבֹּץ֮vaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he assembled
    • וְקִבְצוּ֩vekivtzuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and collect
  • Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.

    2 Chronicles 25:5

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he assembled
  • Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

    2 Chronicles 32:4

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled
  • Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

    2 Chronicles 32:6

    • וַיִּקְבְּצֵ֣םvaiyikbetzemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he assembled them

Ezra

five uses
  • and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.

    Ezra 7:28

    • וָאֶקְבְּצָ֧הvaekbetzahHc/Vqw1cs/Shtagged: and I assembled
  • Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

    Ezra 8:15

    • וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵ֗םvaekbetzemHc/Vqw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I assembled them
  • While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

    Ezra 10:1

    • נִקְבְּצוּ֩nikbetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they gathered
  • And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

    Ezra 10:7

    • לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץlehikavetzpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to assemble
  • So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.

    Ezra 10:9

    • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvaiyikavetzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they assembled

Nehemiah

five uses
  • but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’

    Nehemiah 1:9

    • אֲקַבְּצֵ֔םʾakabetzemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will gather them
  • Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”

    Nehemiah 4:20

    • תִּקָּבְצ֣וּtikavetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will assemble
  • Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

    Nehemiah 5:16

    • קְבוּצִ֥יםkevutzimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: assembled
  • Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:

    Nehemiah 7:5

    • וָאֶקְבְּצָ֞הvaekbetzahHc/Vqw1cs/Shtagged: and I assembled
  • So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

    Nehemiah 13:11

    • וָֽאֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔םvaekbetzemHc/Vqw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I assembled them

Esther

three uses
  • and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

    Esther 2:3

    • וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּveyikbetzuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and let them gather
  • When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

    Esther 2:8

    • וּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץuvehikavetzconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when were gathered
  • When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

    Esther 2:19

    • וּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץuvehikavetzconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when were gathered

Psalms

four uses
  • My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

    Psalms 41:6

    • יִקְבָּץ־yikbotz-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it gathers
  • when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

    Psalms 102:22

    • בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץbehikavetzpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when gather
  • Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

    Psalms 106:47

    • וְקַבְּצֵנוּ֮vekabetzenuconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and gather us
  • and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

    Psalms 107:3

    • קִ֫בְּצָ֥םkibetzamverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he has gathered them

Proverbs

two uses
  • Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

    Proverbs 13:11

    • וְקֹבֵ֖ץvekovetzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and gathers
  • He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

    Proverbs 28:8

    • יִקְבְּצֶֽנּוּ׃yikbetzenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gathers it

Isaiah

twenty uses
  • He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

    Isaiah 11:12

    • יְקַבֵּ֔ץyekabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will assemble
  • Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

    Isaiah 13:14

    • מְקַבֵּ֑ץmekabetzverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: gathers
  • You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

    Isaiah 22:9

    • וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּvatekabetzuHc/Vpw2mptagged: and you gathered
  • There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

    Isaiah 34:15

    • נִקְבְּצ֥וּnikbetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be gathered
  • Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

    Isaiah 34:16

    • קִבְּצָֽן׃kibetzanverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: it will gather them
  • He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

    Isaiah 40:11

    • יְקַבֵּ֣ץyekabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will gather
  • Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

    Isaiah 43:5

    • אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃ʾakabetzekaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will gather you
  • All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

    Isaiah 43:9

    • נִקְבְּצ֣וּnikbetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have assembled
  • Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

    Isaiah 44:11

    • יִֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּyitkabetzuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them gather together
  • Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

    Isaiah 45:20

    • הִקָּבְצ֥וּhikavetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gather together
  • Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

    Isaiah 48:14

    • הִקָּבְצ֤וּhikavetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gather together
  • Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

    Isaiah 49:18

    • נִקְבְּצ֣וּnikbetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have gathered together
  • “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

    Isaiah 54:7

    • אֲקַבְּצֵֽךְ׃ʾakabetzekhverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: I will gather you
  • Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

    Isaiah 56:8

    • מְקַבֵּ֖ץmekabetzverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: gathers
    • אֲקַבֵּ֥ץʾakabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will gather
    • לְנִקְבָּצָֽיו׃lenikbatzavpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to gathered its
  • Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.

    Isaiah 60:4

    • נִקְבְּצ֣וּnikbetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have gathered together
  • All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

    Isaiah 60:7

    • יִקָּ֣בְצוּyikavetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will gather
  • For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”

    Isaiah 62:9

    • וּֽמְקַבְּצָ֥יוumekabetzavconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and gather it
  • “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

    Isaiah 66:18

    • לְקַבֵּ֥ץlekabetzpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gather

Jeremiah

eight uses
  • Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

    Jeremiah 23:3

    • אֲקַבֵּץ֙ʾakabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will gather together
  • I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”

    Jeremiah 29:14

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

    Jeremiah 31:8

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮vekibatztimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will gather them
  • Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

    Jeremiah 31:10

    • יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּyekabetzenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will gather it
  • I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

    Jeremiah 32:37

    • מְקַבְּצָם֙mekabetzamverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: gathering them
  • Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

    Jeremiah 40:15

    • הַנִּקְבָּצִ֣יםhanikbatzimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who have gathered
  • Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.

    Jeremiah 49:5

    • מְקַבֵּ֖ץmekabetzverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: gathers together
  • I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”

    Jeremiah 49:14

    • הִֽתְקַבְּצוּ֙hitkabetzuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gather together

Ezekiel

sixteen uses
  • Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’

    Ezekiel 11:17

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.

    Ezekiel 16:37

    • מְקַבֵּ֤ץmekabetzverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to gather
    • וְקִבַּצְתִּי֩vekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.

    Ezekiel 20:34

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.

    Ezekiel 20:41

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

    Ezekiel 22:19

    • קֹבֵ֣ץkovetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to gather
  • Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

    Ezekiel 22:20

    • אֶקְבֹּץ֙ʾekbotzverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will gather
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.

    Ezekiel 28:25

    • בְּקַבְּצִ֣י׀bekabetzipreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when gather I
  • I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.

    Ezekiel 29:5

    • תִקָּבֵ֑ץtikavetzverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be gathered
  • For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

    Ezekiel 29:13

    • אֲקַבֵּ֣ץʾakabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will gather
  • I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

    Ezekiel 34:13

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּים֙vekibatztimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will gather them
  • For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

    Ezekiel 36:24

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֥יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

    Ezekiel 37:21

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.

    Ezekiel 38:8

    • מְקֻבֶּ֙צֶת֙mekubetzetverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: gathered together
  • And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

    Ezekiel 39:17

    • הִקָּבְצ֤וּhikavetzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: assemble
  • When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.

    Ezekiel 39:27

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣יvekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather

Hosea

three uses
  • Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

    Hosea 1:11

    • וְ֠נִקְבְּצוּvenikbetzuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be gathered
  • Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

    Hosea 8:10

    • אֲקַבְּצֵ֑םʾakabetzemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will gather them
  • For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

    Hosea 9:6

    • תְּקַבְּצֵ֖םtekabetzemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it will gather them

Joel

four uses
  • Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.

    Joel 2:6

    • קִבְּצ֥וּkibetzuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they gather
  • Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

    Joel 2:16

    • קִבְצ֣וּkivtzuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: gather
  • I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.

    Joel 3:2

    • וְקִבַּצְתִּי֙vekibatztiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
  • Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.

    Joel 3:11

    • וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּvenikbatzuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will gather

Micah

five uses
  • All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.

    Micah 1:7

    • קִבָּ֔צָהkibatzahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it gathered
  • I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.

    Micah 2:12

    • קַבֵּ֤ץkabetzverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: surely assemble
    • אֲקַבֵּץ֙ʾakabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will assemble
  • “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.

    Micah 4:6

    • אֲקַבֵּ֑צָהʾakabetzahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will assemble
  • But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

    Micah 4:12

    • קִבְּצָ֖םkibetzamverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he has gathered them

Nahum

two uses
  • She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

    Nahum 2:10

    • קִבְּצ֥וּkibetzuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have gathered
  • O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

    Nahum 3:18

    • מְקַבֵּֽץ׃mekabetzverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: gathers

Habakkuk

one use
  • and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

    Habakkuk 2:5

    • וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvaiyikbotzHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has assembled

Zephaniah

three uses
  • Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

    Zephaniah 3:8

    • לְקָבְצִ֣יlekavetzipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to assemble I
  • Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.

    Zephaniah 3:19

    • אֲקַבֵּ֔ץʾakabetzverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will gather
  • At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.

    Zephaniah 3:20

    • קַבְּצִ֣יkabetziverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to gather I

Zechariah

two uses
  • I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

    Zechariah 10:8

    • וַאֲקַבְּצֵ֖םvaakabetzemHC/Vpu1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will gather them
  • I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

    Zechariah 10:10

    • אֲקַבְּצֵ֑םʾakabetzemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will gather them

The letters

Gematria 192· 1,002 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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