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קָבַץ

𐤒𐤁𐤑

qâbats

H6908 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To gather together, collect, or assemble entities (such as people, objects, or substances) into one place or group, often implying purposeful or coordinated action. The verb appears in both literal contexts—as in physically gathering people or things—and figurative contexts, expressing acts of uniting, assembling, or accumulating, with particular emphasis on purposeful collection or regrouping.

Semantic Range

to gather (people, objects), to collect, to assemble, to draw together from dispersion, to accumulate, to heap up, to regroup, to bring together (physically or metaphorically)

Root / Etymology

The term derives from the root קבץ, whose core meaning is 'to gather, collect.' The verb form קָבַץ is a primary, simple stem (qal) verb representing the process of bringing individuals or objects into proximity or combination. Related nouns and derivatives in Hebrew consistently reflect the idea of gathering or being gathered.

Historical & Contextual Notes

Throughout the Hebrew Bible, קָבַץ is most often used to refer to collecting or assembling people—such as tribes, military forces, or exiles—sometimes for specific events (festivals, warfare, assemblies) and other times as part of a prophetic vision (regathering the dispersed Israelite people after exile). While sometimes overlapping with אָסַף ('to gather, bring in, take away'), קָבַץ tends to emphasize the process of grouping together entities from dispersion or separation. Use of קָבַץ occurs in both literal narratives (e.g., assembling an army, gathering an offering) and metaphorically in prophetic and poetic texts (e.g., God gathering exiles). In the post-exilic period, it acquired theological resonance concerning the reunification of the Israelite people, but its core lexical meaning remained non-theological ('to gather'). English translations may render it as 'gather,' 'assemble,' or 'collect,' but not all nuances (especially the emphasis on collective movement from dispersion) are always adequately conveyed. The word does not refer exclusively to Israelite or Judahite contexts and can involve gathering other peoples or things.

Translation Consistency

primary "gather" 49 occurrences

'Gather' best matches the full semantic range of קָבַץ (literal and figurative collecting/assembling) and is the most common and natural English rendering in the attestations (forms like 'gathered' and 'gather' dominate). It is simple, versatile, and will yield natural phrasing across person/tense inflections for all occurrences.

Alternatives (1 occurrence):
"gatherers" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect; assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

קבץ (Yeqavetseel) — to gather, collect, assemble

Root קבץ to gather, collect, assemble
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3343 יְקַבְצְאֵל and in God-gathers
H6899 קִבּוּץ your gatherings
H6910 קְבֻצָה gathered company of
H6911 קִבְצַיִם Double Gathering-Place

Word Forms

63 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H6908-44 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and he gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together 14
H6908-41 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֧וּ vayiqavetsu HC/VNw3mp and they gathered and they were gathered and they were gathered 9
H6908-50 וְ/קִבַּצְתִּ֤י veqibatseti HC/Vpq1cs and-I-will-gather and I will gather together and I will gather together 9
H6908-19 נִקְבְּצוּ֩ niqebetsu HVNp3cp are gathered they were gathered they were gathered 6
H6908-01 אֲקַבֵּ֣ץ aqabets HVpi1cs I will gather I will gather together I will gather together 5
H6908-16 מְקַבֵּ֤ץ meqabets HVprmsa gatherer the one who assembles the one who gathers 5
H6908-10 הִקָּבְצ֤וּ hiqavetsu HVNv2mp Assemble yourselves be gathered together be gathered together 4
H6908-45 וַ/יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ vayiteqabetsu HC/Vtw3mp and gathered together they gathered themselves they gathered themselves 4
H6908-05 אֲקַבְּצֵ֑/ם aqabetsem HVpi1cs/Sp3mp I will gather them I will gather them together I will gather them together 3
H6908-11 הִתְקַבְּצ֤וּ hiteqabetsu HVtp3cp had gathered they gathered themselves they gathered themselves 3

Occurrences in Scripture

127 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H6908-56 Genesis 41:35 וְ/יִקְבְּצ֗וּ veyiqebetsu HC/Vqi3mp and let them gather and they will gather and let them gather
H6908-44 Genesis 41:48 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֞ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-10 Genesis 49:2 הִקָּבְצ֥וּ hiqavetsu HVNv2mp Gather together be gathered together be gathered together
H6908-34 Deuteronomy 13:17 תִּקְבֹּץ֮ tiqebots HVqi2ms you-shall-gather you will gather you will gather
H6908-52 Deuteronomy 30:3 וְ/קִבֶּצְ/ךָ֙ veqibetsekha HC/Vpq3ms/Sp2ms and gather you and he gathered you together and he will gather you together
H6908-58 Deuteronomy 30:4 יְקַבֶּצְ/ךָ֙ yeqabetsekha HVpi3ms/Sp2ms will gather you he will gather you together he will gather you together
H6908-45 Joshua 9:2 וַ/יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ vayiteqabetsu HC/Vtw3mp and they gathered themselves they gathered themselves they gathered themselves
H6908-19 Joshua 10:6 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ niqebetsu HVNp3cp have gathered they were gathered they were gathered
H6908-11 Judges 9:47 הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ hiteqabetsu HVtp3cp had gathered they gathered themselves they gathered themselves
H6908-44 Judges 12:4 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-29 1 Samuel 7:5 קִבְצ֥וּ qivetsu HVqv2mp Gather Gather together! Gather together
H6908-41 1 Samuel 7:6 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ vayiqavetsu HC/VNw3mp and they gathered and they were gathered and they were gathered
H6908-11 1 Samuel 7:7 הִתְקַבְּצ֤וּ hiteqabetsu HVtp3cp had gathered they gathered themselves they gathered themselves
H6908-45 1 Samuel 8:4 וַ/יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ vayiteqabetsu HC/Vtw3mp and gathered together they gathered themselves they gathered themselves
H6908-45 1 Samuel 22:2 וַ/יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ vayiteqabetsu HC/Vtw3mp gathered themselves they gathered themselves they gathered themselves
H6908-41 1 Samuel 25:1 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֤וּ vayiqavetsu HC/VNw3mp and gathered themselves and they were gathered and they were gathered
H6908-43 1 Samuel 28:1 וַ/יִּקְבְּצ֨וּ vayiqebetsu HC/Vqw3mp that the Philistines gathered and they gathered together and they gathered together
H6908-41 1 Samuel 28:4 וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ vayiqavetsu HC/VNw3mp and gathered themselves together and they were gathered and they were gathered
H6908-44 1 Samuel 28:4 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-43 1 Samuel 29:1 וַ/יִּקְבְּצ֧וּ vayiqebetsu HC/Vqw3mp and they gathered and they gathered together and they gathered together
H6908-45 2 Samuel 2:25 וַ/יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ vayiteqabetsu HC/Vtw3mp gathered themselves together they gathered themselves they gathered themselves
H6908-44 2 Samuel 2:30 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֖ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and he gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-46 2 Samuel 3:21 וְ/אֶקְבְּצָה֩ veeqebetsah HC/Vqh1cs and will gather and let me gather and let me gather
H6908-44 1 Kings 11:24 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms And he gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-23 1 Kings 18:19 קְבֹ֥ץ qevots HVqv2ms gather Gather! Gather
H6908-44 1 Kings 18:20 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֥ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-22 1 Kings 20:1 קָבַץ֙ qavats HVqp3ms gathered he gathered together he gathered together
H6908-44 1 Kings 22:6 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֨ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and he gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-44 2 Kings 6:24 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֛ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms and gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-44 2 Kings 10:18 וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ vayiqebots HC/Vqw3ms And Jehu gathered and he gathered together and he gathered together
H6908-57 Isaiah 11:12 יְקַבֵּ֔ץ yeqabets HVpi3ms he will gather he will gather together he will gather together
H6908-16 Isaiah 13:14 מְקַבֵּ֑ץ meqabets HVprmsa one to gather the one who assembles the one who gathers
H6908-40 Isaiah 22:9 וַֽ/תְּקַבְּצ֔וּ vateqabetsu HC/Vpw2mp and you gathered and you gathered together and you gathered together
H6908-19 Isaiah 34:15 נִקְבְּצ֥וּ niqebetsu HVNp3cp will be gathered they were gathered they were gathered
H6908-27 Isaiah 34:16 קִבְּצָֽ/ן qibetsan HVpp3ms/Sn has gathered them he gathered them together has gathered them
H6908-57 Isaiah 40:11 יְקַבֵּ֣ץ yeqabets HVpi3ms he will gather he will gather together he will gather together
H6908-03 Isaiah 43:5 אֲקַבְּצֶֽ/ךָּ aqabetsekha HVpi1cs/Sp2ms I will gather you I will gather you together I will gather you
H6908-19 Isaiah 43:9 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ niqebetsu HVNp3cp be gathered they were gathered they were gathered
H6908-63 Isaiah 44:11 יִֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ yiteqabetsu HVti3mp let them gather themselves together they will gather themselves they will gather themselves
H6908-10 Isaiah 45:20 הִקָּבְצ֥וּ hiqavetsu HVNv2mp Assemble yourselves be gathered together be gathered together
H6908-10 Isaiah 48:14 הִקָּבְצ֤וּ hiqavetsu HVNv2mp Assemble yourselves be gathered together be gathered together
H6908-19 Isaiah 49:18 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ niqebetsu HVNp3cp are gathered they were gathered they were gathered
H6908-04 Isaiah 54:7 אֲקַבְּצֵֽ/ךְ aqabetsekhe HVpi1cs/Sp2fs I will gather you I will gather you together I will gather you together
H6908-16 Isaiah 56:8 מְקַבֵּ֖ץ meqabets HVprmsa who-gathers the one who assembles the one who gathers
H6908-01 Isaiah 56:8 אֲקַבֵּ֥ץ aqabets HVpi1cs I-will-gather I will gather together I will gather together
H6908-13 Isaiah 56:8 לְ/נִקְבָּצָֽי/ו leniqebatsayv HR/VNrmpc/Sp3ms to-his-gathered to his gathered ones to his gathered ones
H6908-19 Isaiah 60:4 נִקְבְּצ֣וּ niqebetsu HVNp3cp are gathered they were gathered they were gathered
H6908-60 Isaiah 60:7 יִקָּ֣בְצוּ yiqavetsu HVNi3mp will be gathered they will be gathered they will be gathered
H6908-35 Isaiah 62:9 וּֽ/מְקַבְּצָ֥י/ו umeqabetsayv HC/Vprmpc/Sp3ms and-those-who-gather-it and his gatherers and its gatherers
H6908-14 Isaiah 66:18 לְ/קַבֵּ֥ץ leqabets HR/Vpc to gather to gather together to gather
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