Definition
a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect
Traditional renderings: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.
Traditional renderings: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, × surely, take up.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָבַץ:
- συνάγωsunagō“to assemble”76%
- εἰσδέχομαιeisdechomai“to receive”11%
- καίkai“and”4%
- συναθροίζωsunathroizō“to assemble”4%
- ἀποστρέφωapostrephō“to turn away”1%
- ἐκδέχομαιekdechomai“to wait for”1%
- ἐλεέωeleeō“to have mercy”1%
- ὅτανhotan“when(-ever)”1%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
127 total
- Ezekiel 29:13אֲקַבֵּ֣ץ · I will gatherFor this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.
- Ezekiel 34:13וְקִבַּצְתִּים֙ · gather themI will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
- Ezekiel 36:24וְקִבַּצְתִּ֥י · and gatherFor I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Ezekiel 37:21וְקִבַּצְתִּ֤י · and I will gather them…you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
- Ezekiel 38:8מְקֻבֶּ֙צֶת֙ · [whose people] were gatheredAfter a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
- Ezekiel 39:17הִקָּבְצ֤וּ · AssembleAnd as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
- Ezekiel 39:27וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י · and gatherWhen I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.
- Hosea 1:11וְ֠נִקְבְּצוּ · will be gatheredThen the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
- Hosea 8:10אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם · round them upThough they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
- Hosea 9:6תְּקַבְּצֵ֖ם · will gather themFor even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
- Joel 2:6קִבְּצ֥וּ · turns paleNations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.
- Joel 2:16קִבְצ֣וּ · assembleGather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
- Joel 3:2וְקִבַּצְתִּי֙ · I will gatherI will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
- Joel 3:11וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּ · and gather yourselvesCome quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
- Micah 1:7קִבָּ֔צָה · she collectedAll her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.
- Micah 2:12קַבֵּ֤ץ · I will collect; אֲקַבֵּץ֙I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
- Micah 4:6אֲקַבֵּ֑צָה · I will assemble“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
- Micah 4:12קִבְּצָ֖ם · He has gathered themBut they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
- Nahum 2:10קִבְּצ֥וּ · grows paleShe is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- Nahum 3:18מְקַבֵּֽץ׃ · to gather themO king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
- Habakkuk 2:5וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ · and collects…and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
- Zephaniah 3:8לְקָבְצִ֣י · to assembleTherefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
- Zephaniah 3:19אֲקַבֵּ֔ץ · and gatherBehold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
- Zephaniah 3:20קַבְּצִ֣י · I will gatherAt that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.
- Zechariah 10:8וַאֲקַבְּצֵ֖ם · to gatherI will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
- Zechariah 10:10אֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם · and gather themI will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.