Lexical Definition

‎כָּבַס‎ kâbaç (kaw-bas') Washer's ^H:V
a primitive root

fuller, wash(-ing).

• to trample
• hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

1) to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller
1a) (Qal) washer, fuller, treader (participle)
1b) (Piel) to wash (garments, person)
1c) (Pual) to be washed
1d) (Hothpael) to be washed out

See Greek: ἀποπλύνω · γναφεύς · πλύνω

Extended Information

• This name means to wash (by treading)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּבַס‎]₅₁ verb (tread), wash (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎כבס‎ as participle; Assyrian kabâsu, tread (down), subjugate, kibšu, step, path, Dl^HWB) —

Qal Participle only ‎מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֺבֵס‎ highway of fuller's (= treader's, washer's) field Isa 7:3; Isa 36:2 = 2Kgs 18:17. Pi`el Perfect ‎וְכִּבֶּס‎ consecutive Lev 13:6 + 11 t.; ‎כִּבֵּס‎ Gen 49:11; 2Sam 19:25*, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְכַבֵּס‎ Lev 11:25 + 16 t.; 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תְּכַבְּסֵנִי‎ Ps 51:9*, etc.; Imperative suffix ‎כַּבְּסֵנִי‎ Ps 51:4* feminine singular ‎כַּבְּסִי‎ Jer 4:14 Participle plural ‎מְכַבְּסִים‎ Mal 3:2 —

1. wash garments (i.e. by treading) Exod 19:10; Exod 19:14 (E), 2Sam 19:25* figurative of Judah Gen 49:11 elsewhere chiefly P: Lev 6:20*; Lev 11:25; Lev 11:28; Lev 13:6; Lev 13:34; Lev 15:11; +; || ‎רָחץ‎ (which = wash person) Lev 14:8; Lev 14:9; Lev 15:5; Lev 15:6; Lev 15:7; Lev 15:8; Lev 15:10; Lev 15:11 + (‎׳‎‎כ‎ in Lev 27 t., || ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 15 t.; in Num 8 t., || ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 3 t.); Participle = fuller (compare Qal), only ‎׳‎‎בֹּרִית מְכ‎ Mal 3:2.

2. wash person, only in poetry and figurative ‎אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר‎ Jer 2:22 ‎כַּבְּסִי מֵרָעָה לִבֵךְ‎ Jer 4:14 with suffix Ps 51:4* (|| ‎טהר‎; + ‎מֵעָוֺן‎); vPs 51:9* (|| ‎חִטֵּא‎). Pu`al Perfect ‎וְכֻבַּס‎ consecutive Lev 13:58; Lev 15:17 be washed, of garment. Hothpa`al (Ges^{«GKC:54»§ 54}, 3) Infinitive ‎אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּס‎ ‎אֶתהַֿנֶּגַע‎ Lev 13:55 after the plague is washed out, so vLev 13:56.

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Washer's Field • A location near Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in prophecies

The Washer's Field, a location near Jerusalem's wall, where the Assyrian officials stood and delivered messages to King Hezekiah (2 Kgs. 18:17; Isa. 7:3; 36:2).

• A location near Hinnom_Valley תֹּפֶת first mentioned at 2Ki.18.17;
• only referred to as Washer's_Field כָּבַס שָׂדֶה.
  

The Washer's Field, also known as the Fuller's Field, is a location mentioned in the Bible in connection with the walls of Jerusalem and prophetic messages. In 2 Kings 18:17 and Isaiah 36:2, it is recorded that the Assyrian king Sennacherib sent his officials, the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, to deliver a message to King Hezekiah of Judah. They stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field, and called for the king. The Washer's Field was likely an area outside the city walls where launderers washed and dried clothes, taking advantage of the water supply from the nearby pool. The prophet Isaiah also mentions the Washer's Field in an earlier prophecy (Isa. 7:3), where God instructs him to meet King Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the Washer's Field, to deliver a message of reassurance concerning the impending Assyrian threat. The Washer's Field's location near the city walls and its association with important prophetic messages and diplomatic encounters highlight its significance in the biblical narrative.

All entries for Washer's Field: כָּבַס