King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6906
Transliteration: qaba
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: perhaps to rob
Meaning: to cover, defraud
Word Summary
qaba: perhaps to rob
Original Word: קָבַעTransliteration: qaba
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: perhaps to rob
Meaning: to cover, defraud
Strong's Concordance
rob, spoil A primitive root; to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud -- rob, spoil.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6906. qaba
קָבַע verb dubious, perhaps rob (synonym גזל, so Rabb (rare), see DePr 22, 23); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְקָכַע Proverbs 22:23, subject ׳י, with accusative of person + thing; with accusative pers alone 1 plural קְבַעֲנוּךָ כַּמֶּה Malachi 3:8 (object ׳י); Imperfect3masculine singular אֱלֹהִים אָדָם הֲיִקְבַּע 3:8; Participle active אֹתִי קֹבְעִים אַתֶּם 3:8; 3:9; suffix קֹבְעֵיהֶם Proverbs 22:23 those robbing them. — In Malachi ᵐ5 We עָקַב circumvent.