Word Study · Strong's H7197 · Hebrew
קָשַׁשׁ
qashash
kaw-shash'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qâshash
“to forage for straw, stubble or wood”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
Rendered in the KJV as
gather (selves) (together).
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ1
- וָק֑וֹשּׁוּ1
- וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ1
- לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ1
- מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ1
- מְקֹשֵׁ֣שׁ1
- מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת1
- מְקֹשֶׁ֜שֶׁת1
How it is rendered · 7
- gathering2
- [am] gathering1
- [was] gathering1
- and gather together1
- and they may gather1
- gather yourselves together1
- to gather1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- HC/Vpu3mp1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVprmsa · 2
- HC/Vpu3mp · 1
- HC/Vqv2mp · 1
- HR/Vpcc · 1
- HVprfsa · 1
- HVprfsc · 1
- HVtv2mp · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 5:7וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּvekosheshuHC/Vpu3mp“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.here: and they may gather
- Exodus 5:12לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁlekosheshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.here: to gather
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 15:32מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁmekosheshverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhile the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.here: gathering
- Numbers 15:33מְקֹשֵׁ֣שׁmekosheshverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThose who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,here: gathering
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 17:10מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁתmekosheshetverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”here: [was] gathering
- 1 Kings 17:12מְקֹשֶׁ֜שֶׁתmekosheshetverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularBut she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”here: [am] gathering
Zephaniah2 occurrences
- Zephaniah 2:1הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּhitkosheshuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluralGather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,here: gather yourselves together
- Zephaniah 2:1וָק֑וֹשּׁוּvakooshuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralGather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,here: and gather together