קָבַע
kava · rob
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6906 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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kava (קָבַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rob”.
To rob, to defraud; to take what belongs to another.
How to say it
ka·va
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
- Rob, strip another of what is theirs.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- rob ×3
- are robbing ×2
- have we robbed you ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 22:23
for YHWH will plead their case, and will rob the soul of those who rob them.
- Malachi 3:8
Will a human being rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing me. And you say, “How have we robbed you?” In the tithe and the contribution.
- Malachi 3:9
With a curse you are cursed, and me you are robbing, the whole nation.
And 3 more times.