Quick Definition
to receive
Strong's Definition
to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.
TWOT Reference: 1980
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to take, receive, be before
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to take, choose, receive
1a2) to accept
1a3) to accept, assume
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show oppositeness
1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to take, receive, be before
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to take, choose, receive
1a2) to accept
1a3) to accept, assume
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show oppositeness
1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other
Aramaic equivalent: qe.val (קַבֵּל "to receive" H6902)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָבַל
qâbal
BDB Definition:
1) to take, receive, be before
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to take, choose, receive
1a2) to accept
1a3) to accept, assume
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show oppositeness
1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1980
Total KJV Occurrences: 14