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קָבַב

kavav · curse

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6895 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

kavav (קָבַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “curse”.

Speak against someone to bring evil on him.

How to say it

ka·vav

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To speak words against someone so that harm comes on them.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • curse ×7
  • cursed ×2

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Numbers 22:11

    ‘Look, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the earth; now, come, curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”

  • Numbers 22:17

    for I will honor you greatly, and all that you say to me I will do. So come, please, curse this people for me.’”

  • Numbers 23:8

    How shall I curse whom El has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom YHWH has not denounced?

  • Numbers 23:11

    And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them!”

  • Numbers 23:13

    And Balak said to him, “Come, please, with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the edge of them and shall not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

  • Numbers 23:25

    And Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

  • Numbers 23:27

    And Balak said to Balaam, “Come, please, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of Elohim that you curse them for me from there.”

  • Numbers 24:10

    And Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “To curse my enemies I called you, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!

  • Job 5:3

    I have seen the fool taking root, and I cursed his dwelling suddenly.