קָבַץ (qa.vats) means “to gather” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-bats' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
קָבַץ · qa.vats · to gather
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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a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect
KJV glosses: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
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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 |
|---|---|
| gathered | 9 |
| i will gather | 8 |
| and gather | 6 |
| assembled | 6 |
| gather | 5 |
| and gathered | 4 |
| assemble | 4 |
| to assemble | 3 |
| will gather them | 3 |
| and gather them | 2 |
| and gather you | 2 |
| come together | 2 |
| gather together | 2 |
| gathered together | 2 |
| he gathers | 2 |
| rallied | 2 |
| to gather | 2 |
| together | 2 |
| will be gathered | 2 |
| will gather | 2 |
| a shepherd | 1 |
| and assembled | 1 |
| and collect | 1 |
| and collects | 1 |
| and gather us | 1 |
| and gather yourselves | 1 |
| and had gathered | 1 |
| and he assembled | 1 |
| and i will gather | 1 |
| and i will gather them | 1 |
| and those who gather grapes | 1 |
| assemble yourselves | 1 |
| besides those already gathered | 1 |
| but what is earned | 1 |
| came together | 1 |
| gather them | 1 |
| grows pale | 1 |
| had gathered | 1 |
| have joined forces | 1 |
| he gathered | 1 |
| he has gathered them | 1 |
| he will collect | 1 |
| i will assemble | 1 |
| i will bring you back | 1 |
| i will collect | 1 |
| i will gather them | 1 |
| i will surely gather my people | 1 |
| joseph collected | 1 |
| lays it up | 1 |
| let them collect | 1 |
| now i assembled these exiles | 1 |
| or gathered for burial | 1 |
| rally | 1 |
| round them up | 1 |
| she collected | 1 |
| should gather | 1 |
| so he gathered | 1 |
| so that they may join | 1 |
| so they gathered together | 1 |
| then i gathered the levites and singers together | 1 |
| they came | 1 |
| to gather them | 1 |
| to meet | 1 |
| to regather | 1 |
| turns pale | 1 |
| were assembled | 1 |
| were gathered | 1 |
| were gathered there | 1 |
| when i gather | 1 |
| when they had gathered | 1 |
| who gathers | 1 |
| who have gathered | 1 |
| whose people were gathered | 1 |
| will gather you | 1 |
| you are to gather | 1 |
| you collected | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| gathered | 11 |
| and gather | 10 |
| together | 9 |
| gathered themselves together | 5 |
| were gathered together | 5 |
| and gathered | 4 |
| gather | 4 |
| and i will gather | 3 |
| and will gather | 3 |
| assemble | 3 |
| gathered together | 3 |
| will i gather | 3 |
| and he gathered | 2 |
| and i gathered them together | 2 |
| be gathered | 2 |
| behold therefore i will gather | 2 |
| he shall gather | 2 |
| i will even gather | 2 |
| all of thee i will surely | 1 |
| all these gather themselves together | 1 |
| all they gather themselves together | 1 |
| all ye assemble | 1 |
| also be gathered | 1 |
| and gather together | 1 |
| and gather us together | 1 |
| and gather yourselves together | 1 |
| and gathered them together | 1 |
| and he gathered together | 1 |
| and he gathered up | 1 |
| and heapeth | 1 |
| and let them gather | 1 |
| and no man gathereth | 1 |
| and none shall gather up | 1 |
| and there are gathered | 1 |
| and they gathered together | 1 |
| and they that have brought it together | 1 |
| and thou shalt gather | 1 |
| and when he had gathered | 1 |
| and ye gathered together | 1 |
| are gathered | 1 |
| are gathered together | 1 |
| behold i will gather them out | 1 |
| but he that gathereth | 1 |
| for he shall gather | 1 |
| for she gathered | 1 |
| for them and gather | 1 |
| gather ye together | 1 |
| gather yourselves together | 1 |
| gathereth | 1 |
| i will also gather | 1 |
| it hath gathered | 1 |
| let them all be gathered together | 1 |
| nor gathered | 1 |
| now will i gather | 1 |
| of them all gather | 1 |
| resort | 1 |
| shall be gathered together | 1 |
| shall gather | 1 |
| shall gather them up | 1 |
| so there was gathered | 1 |
| so they gathered themselves together | 1 |
| so will i gather | 1 |
| that i gather | 1 |
| that i may assemble | 1 |
| that i will gather | 1 |
| that no man taketh up | 1 |
| that they gathered | 1 |
| that they may gather | 1 |
| that they may gather together | 1 |
| that they should gather themselves together | 1 |
| there assembled | 1 |
| to gather together | 1 |
| to him beside those that are gathered | 1 |
| upon me and i gathered together | 1 |
| when i shall have gathered | 1 |
| which are gathered | 1 |
| which gathereth | 1 |
| will gather | 1 |
| yet will i gather | 1 |
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Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
Read word by wordDuring those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
Read word by wordCome together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
Read word by wordAnd you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.17
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
Read word by wordEven if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.
Read word by wordthey came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
Read word by wordThen the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
Read word by wordAnd when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
Read word by wordJephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
Read word by wordThen Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
Read word by wordWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Read word by wordWhen the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
Read word by wordSo all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
Read word by wordAnd all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
Read word by wordWhen Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
Read word by wordNow in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
Read word by wordThe Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
Read word by wordNow the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
Read word by wordThe Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
Read word by wordWhen Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
Read word by wordThen Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
Read word by wordand had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
Read word by wordNow summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Read word by wordSo Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
Read word by wordNow Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordSome time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
Read word by wordThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
Read word by wordThen all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
Read word by wordAnd he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
Read word by wordThen cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
Read word by wordThen worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
Read word by wordAnd he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Read word by wordSo they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Read word by wordSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
Read word by wordSo the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
Read word by wordSo they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
Read word by wordSo he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
Read word by wordThen Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
Read word by wordMany people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
Read word by wordHezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
Read word by wordand who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
Read word by wordNow I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
Read word by wordWhile Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Read word by wordAnd a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
Read word by wordSo within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
Read word by wordbut if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Read word by wordWherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.14
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
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