6895. qabab
Strong's Lexicon
qabab: To curse, to invoke harm

Original Word: קָבַב
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qabab
Pronunciation: kah-BAB
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bab')
Definition: To curse, to invoke harm
Meaning: to scoop out, to malign, execrate

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance, the concept of cursing can be related to Greek terms such as "καταράομαι" (kataraomai - Strong's G2672), which also means to curse or to wish evil upon.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "qabab" primarily means to curse or to invoke harm upon someone or something. It is used in contexts where an individual or group seeks to bring about misfortune or divine retribution on another. The term is often associated with formal or ritualistic pronouncements of curses.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, words were believed to have powerful effects, and cursing was a serious act that could invoke the intervention of deities. The Israelites, like their neighbors, understood the power of spoken words, and curses were often seen as binding and potent. The act of cursing was sometimes linked to legal or covenantal contexts, where breaking an agreement could result in curses being pronounced.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to utter a curse against, curse
NASB Translation
blasphemed (1), curse (10), curse them at all (1), cursed (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. [קָבַב] verb utter a curse against, curse (compare [ב] יקו Ecclus 41:7); —

Qal curse, with accusative, usually person: Perfect3masculine singular suffix קַכֹּה (Ges§ 58d) Numbers 23:8; 2masculine singular suffix consecutive וְקַכֹּתוֺ Numbers 23:27; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקֹּב (Ges§ 67g) Leviticus 24:11 (with accusative אֶתהַֿשֵּׁם); 2 masculine singular suffix תִּקֳּבֶנּוּ Numbers 23:25 (+ Infinitive absolute); 1 singular אֶקֹּב Numbers 23:8 (object omitted); וָאֶקּוֺב נָוֵהוּ Job 5:3 (probably corrupt; ᵐ5 Du read וַיִּדְקַב, compare Me Bi Siegf Beer; וַיִּמָּקֵד Bu; וַיוּקַב CheJQ July, 1897, 575; וַיִּבֹּק BevJPhil, xxvi. 308 (compare Isaiah 24:1,3; Jeremiah 51:2; Nahum 2:3)); 3masculine plural suffix יִקְּבֻהוּ Job 3:8; Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 24:24; Imperative masculine singular קָֽבָהלִּֿי (Ges§ 67pi. 329 ff.) Numbers 22:11,17, suffix 3masculine singular וְקָבְנרֹלִי (Ges§ 67o) Numbers 23:13 (all J E; all + לִי as dativus commodi [dative of benefit], so also Numbers 23:27 see Perfect above); Infinitive absolute קֹב Numbers 23:25 (+ Imperfect); Infinitive construct לָקֹב Numbers 23:11; Numbers 24:10.

קבה (√ of following (compare DlPr 113ii.1, 185): Arabic echinus, i.e. stomachi pars pelliculata; Syriac is collect, contain, water, cistern; Ethiopic have dropsy; Late Hebrew קֵבָה = Biblical Hebrew)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
curse

A primitive root; to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. Stab with words) -- X at all, curse.

Forms and Transliterations
וְקַבֹּ֥תוֹ וְקָבְנוֹ־ וקבנו־ וקבתו לָקֹ֤ב לקב קַבֹּ֖ה קָֽבָה־ קֹ֖ב קב קבה קבה־ kabBoh kavah ko lā·qōḇ laKo lāqōḇ qā·ḇāh- qab·bōh qāḇāh- qabbōh qōḇ vekabBotov vekavenov wə·qā·ḇə·nōw- wə·qab·bō·ṯōw wəqabbōṯōw wəqāḇənōw-
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Numbers 22:11
HEB: עַתָּ֗ה לְכָ֤ה קָֽבָה־ לִּי֙ אֹת֔וֹ
NAS: come, curse them for me; perhaps
KJV: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able
INT: now come curse perhaps may be able

Numbers 22:17
HEB: וּלְכָה־ נָּא֙ קָֽבָה־ לִּ֔י אֵ֖ת
NAS: come then, curse this
KJV: unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
INT: come Please curse people this

Numbers 23:8
HEB: אֶקֹּ֔ב לֹ֥א קַבֹּ֖ה אֵ֑ל וּמָ֣ה
NAS: How shall I curse whom God
KJV: whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,
INT: curse shall I curse God How

Numbers 23:11
HEB: עָשִׂ֖יתָ לִ֑י לָקֹ֤ב אֹיְבַי֙ לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ
NAS: to me? I took you to curse my enemies,
KJV: unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies,
INT: What done to curse enemies took

Numbers 23:13
HEB: לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה וְקָבְנוֹ־ לִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃
NAS: all of them; and curse them for me from there.
KJV: part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
INT: and will not see and curse there

Numbers 23:25
HEB: בִּלְעָ֔ם גַּם־ קֹ֖ב לֹ֣א תִקֳּבֶ֑נּוּ
NAS: to Balaam, Do not curse them at all nor
KJV: Neither curse them at all, nor bless
INT: Balaam not curse nor curse

Numbers 23:27
HEB: בְּעֵינֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְקַבֹּ֥תוֹ לִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃
NAS: with God that you curse them for me from there.
KJV: God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
INT: affliction God you curse there

Numbers 24:10
HEB: אֶל־ בִּלְעָ֗ם לָקֹ֤ב אֹֽיְבַי֙ קְרָאתִ֔יךָ
NAS: I called you to curse my enemies,
KJV: I called thee to curse mine enemies,
INT: against to Balaam to curse enemies called

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6895
8 Occurrences


qab·bōh — 1 Occ.
qā·ḇāh- — 2 Occ.
qōḇ — 1 Occ.
lā·qōḇ — 2 Occ.
wə·qab·bō·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
wə·qā·ḇə·nōw- — 1 Occ.















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