6906. qaba
Strong's Lexicon
qaba: To rob, to seize, to take away

Original Word: קָבַע
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qaba
Pronunciation: kah-BAH
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bah')
Definition: To rob, to seize, to take away
Meaning: to cover, defraud

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
perhaps to rob
NASB Translation
rob (2), robbed (1), robbing (2), take (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָבַע verb dubious, perhaps rob (synonym גזל, so Rabb (rare), see DePr 22, 23); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְקָכַע Proverbs 22:23, subject ׳י, with accusative of person + thing; with accusative pers alone 1 plural כַּמֶּה קְבַעֲנוּךָ Malachi 3:8 (object ׳י); Imperfect3masculine singular הֲיִקְבַּע אָדָם אֱלֹהִים Malachi 3:8; Participle active אַתֶּם קֹבְעִים אֹתִי Malachi 3:8; Malachi 3:9; suffix קֹבְעֵיהֶם Proverbs 22:23 those robbing them. — In Malachi ᵐ5 We עָקַב circumvent.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
rob, spoil

A primitive root; to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud -- rob, spoil.

Forms and Transliterations
הֲיִקְבַּ֨ע היקבע וְקָבַ֖ע וקבע קְבַעֲנ֑וּךָ קֹבְעִ֑ים קֹבְעִ֣ים קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם קבעיהם קבעים קבענוך hă·yiq·ba‘ hayikBa hăyiqba‘ kevaaNucha koeeiHem koeIm qə·ḇa·‘ă·nū·ḵā qəḇa‘ănūḵā qō·ḇə·‘ê·hem qō·ḇə·‘îm qōḇə‘êhem qōḇə‘îm vekaVa wə·qā·ḇa‘ wəqāḇa‘
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Proverbs 22:23
HEB: יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑ם וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־ קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם
NAS: their case And take the life
KJV: their cause, and spoil the soul
INT: will plead their case and take rob the life

Proverbs 22:23
HEB: וְקָבַ֖ע אֶת־ קֹבְעֵיהֶ֣ם נָֽפֶשׁ׃
NAS: the life of those who rob them.
KJV: the soul of those that spoiled them.
INT: their case and take rob the life

Malachi 3:8
HEB: הֲיִקְבַּ֨ע אָדָ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים
NAS: Will a man rob God? Yet
KJV: Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed
INT: rob man angels

Malachi 3:8
HEB: כִּ֤י אַתֶּם֙ קֹבְעִ֣ים אֹתִ֔י וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם
NAS: Yet you are robbing Me! But you say,
KJV: God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say,
INT: for you are robbing say How

Malachi 3:8
HEB: וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמֶּ֣ה קְבַעֲנ֑וּךָ הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖ר וְהַתְּרוּמָֽה׃
NAS: How have we robbed You?' In tithes
KJV: me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes
INT: say How robbed tithes and offerings

Malachi 3:9
HEB: וְאֹתִ֖י אַתֶּ֣ם קֹבְעִ֑ים הַגּ֖וֹי כֻּלּֽוֹ׃
NAS: with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole
KJV: with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
INT: are cursed you are robbing nation the whole

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6906
6 Occurrences


hă·yiq·ba‘ — 1 Occ.
qə·ḇa·‘ă·nū·ḵā — 1 Occ.
qō·ḇə·‘ê·hem — 1 Occ.
qō·ḇə·‘îm — 2 Occ.
wə·qā·ḇa‘ — 1 Occ.

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