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H6901 קָבַל (qâbal) kaw-bal'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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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

קָבַל (qa.val) — to receive. 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)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · קְבֹל

Hold | verb pi

to take hold of, to receive, to accept = action by which humans take hold of an object and accept responsibility for it

2CH 29:16 · 2CH 29:22 · EZR 8:30 · EST 4:4 · DAN 2:6

Associate | verb pi

to receive, to welcome = action by which humans receive other humans in their company

1CH 12:19 · 1CH 12:19

Bear | verb pi | ≈ קום · שׁמע

to accept, to receive = action by which humans accept an event with willingness and/or patience

1CH 21:11 · EST 9:23 · EST 9:27 · EST 9:27 · JOB 2:10 · JOB 2:10 · PRO 19:20 · DAN 6:1 · DAN 7:18

Space | verb hif

to be opposite to, to correspond to = state in which an object is located in a position opposite another, similar object

EXO 26:5 · EXO 36:12

1 EST 9:27 MT-K וקבל | MT-Q וְקִבְּלוּ

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קָבַל] vb. Pi. receive, take Pi. take

accept

accept, assume, an obligation

Hiph. shew oppositeness, i.e. correspond, one to another

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Bible Occurrences (12)

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