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ka.vash H3533

כָּבַשׁ (ka.vash) means “to subdue” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כָּבַשׁ Hebrew · H3533 14 tagged occurrences in 13 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-bash' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3533

כָּבַשׁ · ka.vash · to subdue

1) to subject, subdue, force, keep under, bring into bondage 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bring into bondage, make subservient 1a2) to subdue, force, violate 1a3) to subdue, dominate, tread down 1b) (Niphal) to be subdued 1c) (Piel) to subdue 1d) (Hiphil) to bring into bondage

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate

KJV glosses: bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.

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How translators render H3533

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
is subdued 2
and conquer 1
and subdue it 1
and they forced them 1
and you have again forced 1
are already enslaved 1
are subjecting 1
assault 1
has been subdued 1
he had subdued 1
he will vanquish 1
to reduce to slavery 1
was subdued 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and brought them into subjection 2
and lo we bring into bondage 1
and subdue 1
and subdue it 1
be subdued 1
brought unto bondage 1
is subdued 1
shall be subdued 1
to keep under 1
upon us he will subdue 1
was subdued 1
which he subdued 1
will he force 1

Verses containing H3533

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  1. Genesis 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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  2. Numbers 32:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

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  3. Numbers 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

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  4. Joshua 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

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  5. 2 Samuel 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—

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  6. 1 Chronicles 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

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  7. 2 Chronicles 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

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  8. Nehemiah 5:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

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  9. Esther 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

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  10. Jeremiah 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

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  11. Jeremiah 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.

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  12. Micah 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

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  13. Zechariah 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

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Sources and text

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