Lexical Definition

‎קָבַץ‎ qâbats (kaw-bats') to gather ^H:V
a primitive root

assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.

• to grasp, i.e. collect

1) to gather, assemble
1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, gather
1b2) to be gathered
1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away
1d) (Pual) to be gathered together
1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָבַץ‎₁₂₇ verb gather, collect (synonym ‎אָסַף‎) (Arabic grasp, seize; Sabean ‎קבץֿ‎ harvest, in ‎׳‎‎דֿק‎, attribute of 'Attar, according to Fell^{ZMG liv (1900), 237 f.}; Ethiopic is fail, despair; Late Hebrew ‎קִבָּץ‎ = Biblical Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Kgs 20:1 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִקְבָּץֿ‎ Ps 41:7*, ‎וַיִּקְכֹּץ‎ Gen 41:48 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎קְבֹץ‎ 1Kgs 18:19, masculine plural ‎קִבְצוּ‎ 1Sam 7:5 +; Infinitive construct suffix ‎לְקָבְצִי‎ Zeph 3:8 Participle active ‎קֹבֵץ‎ Ezek 22:19; Prov 13:11 passive plural ‎קְכוּצִים‎ Neh 5:16 — gather, collect:

1. with accusative of thing, grain Gen 41:35; Gen 41:48 (E), booty Deut 13:17* (+ ‎אֶל‎ location), money 2Chr 24:5 (+ ‎מִן‎ person), so Ezek 16:31 (Gr Toy Krae, reading ‎לִקְבֹּץ‎ from ‎לְקַלֵּס‎, compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6. Symm); accusative omitted ‎קֹבֵץ‎ Prov 13:11 one gathering by degrees; figurative ‎אָֿוֶן לוֺ‎‎׳‎‎לִבּוֺ יִק‎ Ps 41:7* his heart gathereth wickedness to itself.

2. usually with accusative of person gather, assemble, + ‎ה‎ locative 1Sam 7:5; 1Sam 29:1 (for battle); + ‎אֶל‎ location 1Kgs 18:20; Ezra 8:15; Esth 2:3 + ‎אֶל‎ person 2Sam 3:21; Hab 2:5 (in figurative; || ‎אָסַף‎); + ‎עַל‎ (= ‎אֶל‎) person 1Kgs 11:24 + ‎אֶל‎ person and location 1Kgs 18:19; 2Chr 32:6 + ‎מִן‎ local 2Chr 23:2, compare Ezra 7:28 accusative of person alone 1Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 18:5; 2Kgs 10:18; Neh 7:5 (+ infinitive purpose), Joel 2:16 (|| ‎אָסַף‎), 2Chr 15:9; 2Chr 24:5; 2Chr 25:5 passive with ‎שָׁם‎ + ‎עַל‎ of work Neh 5:16 for ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgement Zeph 3:3 (|| ‎אָסַף‎), Ezek 22:20 compare vEzek 22:19 (+ ‎אֶלאתּוֺךְ‎; figurative of metals into furnace); specifically for war, battle, Judg 12:4; 1Sam 28:1; 2Sam 2:30; 1Kgs 20:1; 2Kgs 6:24 + ‎לַצָּבָא‎ 1Sam 28:1 (1Sam 29:1 see above). Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎נִקְבְּצוּ‎ Josh 10:6 +, etc.; Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּקָּבֵץ‎ Ezek 29:5 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּקָּֽבְצוּ‎ 1Sam 7:6 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎הִקָּֽבְצוּ‎ Gen 49:2 +; Infinitive construct ‎הִקָּבֵץ‎ Ezra 10:7 +; Participle plural ‎נִקְבָּצִים‎ Jer 40:15, suffix ‎נִקְבָּצָיו‎ Isa 56:8 —

1. intransitive assemble, gather 1Sam 25:1; Gen 49:2; Isa 45:20; Isa 48:14; Isa 49:18; Isa 60:4; Joel 4:11*; 2Chr 20:4 (+ infinitive purpose) 2Chr 32:4 for war 1Sam 28:4; Josh 10:6 (with ‎אֶל‎ against); with ‎ה‎ locative 1Sam 7:6, accusative of location Ezra 10:7; Ezra 10:9; 2Chr 15:10 with ‎אֶל‎ person unto Jer 40:15; 1Chr 13:2; Ezra 10:1; Neh 4:14*, compare 2Chr 13:7 (‎עַל‎ for ‎אֶל‎); ‎אֶל‎ person + ‎ה‎ locative 1Chr 11:1 with ‎יַחְדָּו‎ Hos 2:2*; Isa 43:9 (|| ‎אָסַף‎), Ps 102:23* of birds and beasts Isa 34:15 (with ‎שָׁם‎), Ezek 39:17.

2. passive be gathered Isa 60:7 (of flocks, + ‎ל‎ person), Esth 2:8 ( + ‎אֶל‎ location), vEsth 2:19 participle with suffix person Isa 56:8; Ezek 29:5 (|| ‎אסף‎) read ‎תִּקָּבֵר‎ Hi (not Sm) Co Berthol Toy Krae. Pi`el₅₁ Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וְקִכֶּצְךָ‎ Deut 30:3 consecutive, ‎קִבְּצָם‎ Mic 4:12; Ps 107:3, ‎קִכְּצָן‎ Isa 34:16 3 feminine singular ‎קִבָּ֑צָה‎ Isa 1:7, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְקַבֵּץ‎ Isa 11:12; Isa 40:11, etc.; Imperative, masculine singular suffix ‎קַכְּצֵנוּ‎ 1Chr 16:35; Ps 106:47 Infinitive absolute ‎קַכֵּץ‎ Mic 2:12 construct ‎קַכֵּץ‎ Isa 66:13 etc.; Participle‎מְקַכֵּץ‎ Nah 3:18 +, etc.; — gather together:

1. usually of ‎׳‎‎י‎ gathering his dispersed people (accusative), sometimes under figure of flock: Mic 2:12 + infinitive absolute (|| ‎אָסַף‎), Mic 4:6; Zeph 3:19; Zeph 3:20; Jer 31:10; Zech 10:8; Isa 54:7; Isa 56:8a, compare also Isa 40:11 with accusative + ‎מִן‎ local Deut 30:3; Deut 30:4; Jer 23:5; Jer 29:14; Jer 31:8; Jer 32:37; Ezek 11:17 + 6 t. Ezekiel + Ezek 37:21 (‎מִסָּבִיב‎), Isa 11:12; Isa 43:5; Zech 10:10; Neh 1:9 Psalm + Neh 106:4, compare || 1Chr 16:35; Ps 107:3 accusative + ‎עַל‎ person Isa 56:8b (compare Niph`al Participle); = (gather and) restrain Hos 8:10 (with accusative alone); of ‎׳‎‎י‎ gathering dispersed Egyptians, accusative + ‎מִן‎ local Ezek 29:13 gathering the nations (accusative) for judgment Mic 4:12; Isa 66:18; Joel 4:2* gathering lovers of Jerusalem (under figure of harlot) Ezek 16:37 (twice in verse) (‎מִסָּבִיב‎ + ‎עַל‎ person against); gathering beasts into Edom Isa 34:16.

2. men subject: ‎מִצְרַיִם תְּקַבְּצֵם מֹף תְּקַבְּרֵם‎ Hos 9:6 (compare Ezek 29:5 Niph`al, above), Neh 13:11 with accusative of thing Mic 1:7 (+ ‎מִן‎), Isa 22:9; Isa 62:9; Prov 28:8 ‎אֵין מְקַבֵּץ‎ none that gathereth Isa 13:14 (accusative omitted), Nah 3:18 (id.), Jer 49:5 (followed by‎לַֹנּדֵד‎, compare ‎ל‎ 3 near the end).

3. perhaps (gather and so) take away (= ‎אָסַף‎ 4), Nah 2:11*; Joel 2:6 see ‎פָּארוּר‎. Pu`al Participle ‎מְקֻבֶּצֶת‎ Ezek 38:8 (with ‎מִן‎) of land (for people) of Israel Hithpa`el gather together (intransitive), be gathered together. Perfect 3 plural ‎הִתְקַבְּצוּ‎ Judg 9:47; 1Sam 7:7 (+ ‎ה‎ locative); Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ‎ 1Sam 8:2; 1Sam 22:2 (+ ‎אֶל‎ person), ‎׳‎‎יִתְק‎ Isa 44:11 for battle, war, Imperative masculine plural ‎הַתְקַבְּצוּ‎ Jer 49:14 Imperfect also Josh 9: (with ‎יִחְדָּו‎, + infinitive purpose), + ‎אַחֲרֵי‎ person 2Sam 2:25.

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