TBESH · H6895
קָבַב · qa.vav · to curse
1) to curse, utter a curse against 1a) (Qal) to curse
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qa.vav H6895
קָבַב (qa.vav) means “to curse” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
קָבַב Hebrew · H6895 14 tagged occurrences in 12 verses
Pronunciation guide: kaw-bab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words)
KJV glosses: [idiom] at all, curse.
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How translators render H6895
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and put a curse | 2 |
| curse them | 2 |
| to curse | 2 |
| at all | 1 |
| by those who curse | 1 |
| can i curse those whom | 1 |
| cursed | 1 |
| that you curse them | 1 |
| was cursed | 1 |
| will curse | 1 |
| will curse him | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| thee to curse | 2 |
| hath not cursed | 1 |
| now curse | 1 |
| that thou mayest curse | 1 |
| them all and curse | 1 |
| them at all | 1 |
| therefore i pray thee curse | 1 |
Verses containing H6895
Page 1 of 1. 12 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 22:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”
Read word by word - Numbers 22:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
Read word by word - Numbers 23:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
Read word by word - Numbers 23:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”
Read word by word - Numbers 23:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
Read word by word - Numbers 23:25
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
Read word by word - Numbers 23:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
Read word by word - Numbers 24:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
Read word by word - Job 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Read word by word - Job 5:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Read word by word - Proverbs 11:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
Read word by word - Proverbs 24:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
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