The meaning of “קָבַל”
Understanding qâbal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take. - to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively) 1) to take, receive, be b...
קָבַל
choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take. - to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively) 1) to take, receive, be before 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to take, choose, receive 1a2) to accept 1a3) to accept, assume 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show oppositeness 1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 36:12 | “Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.” Word: קָבַל (qâbal) | |
| 1 Chronicles 21:11 | “So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee” Word: קָבַל (qâbal) | |
| 2 Chronicles 29:22 | “So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.” Word: קָבַל (qâbal) | |
| Ezra 8:30 | “So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.” Word: קָבַל (qâbal) | |
| Esther 9:23 | “And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;” Word: קָבַל (qâbal) |
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