kava · go out, quench

What it means

kava (כָּבָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “go out, quench”.

Go out (of fire or a lamp); put out, quench.

How to say it

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. For a light or fire to stop burning, or to make it cease.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• be quenched ×8
• quench ×8
• go out ×3
• goes out ×1
• gone out ×1
• put out ×1
• they are quenched ×1
• when I extinguish you ×1

Where it appears

• Leviticus×2
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Proverbs×2
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×5
• Jeremiah×4
• Ezekiel×3
• Amos×1

• Leviticus 6:12

  The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, arrange the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke on it the fat of the peace offerings.

• Leviticus 6:13

  Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it shall not go out.

• 1 Samuel 3:3

  and the lamp of Elohim had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of YHWH, where the ark of Elohim was,

• 2 Samuel 14:7

  And look, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they have said, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will destroy the heir too.’ So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave to my husband name or remnant on the face of the ground.”

• 2 Samuel 21:17

  But Abishai son of Zeruiah helped him, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us to battle again, so that you do not quench the lamp of Israel.”

• 2 Kings 22:17

  because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods, so as to provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands; so my fury will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.

• 2 Chronicles 29:7

  They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps, and incense they did not burn, and burnt offering they did not offer in the Holy Place to the Elohim of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 34:25

  because they have abandoned me and have burned incense to other gods, so as to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; and my fury will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched.’

• Proverbs 26:20

  Without wood the fire goes out, and where there is no grumbler, strife quiets down.

• Proverbs 31:18

  She tastes that her gain is good; her lamp does not go out at night.

• Song of Songs 8:7

  Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers flood it; if a man gave all the wealth of his house for love, with contempt they would despise him.

• Isaiah 1:31

  And the strong man will become tow, and his work a spark; and both of them will burn together, with no one to quench them.

• Isaiah 34:10

  Night and day it will not be quenched; forever its smoke will rise; from generation to generation it will lie waste; for ever and ever no one will pass through it.

• Isaiah 42:3

  A broken reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; in truth he will bring out justice.

• Isaiah 43:17

  who brings out chariot and horse, army and the strong —together they lie down, they will not rise; they are extinguished, like a wick they are quenched—:

• Isaiah 66:24

  And they will go out and see the corpses of the men who transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, and their fire will not be quenched; and they will be a horror to all flesh.”

• Jeremiah 4:4

  Circumcise yourselves to YHWH, and remove the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my fury will go out like fire and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

• Jeremiah 7:20

  Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, my anger and my fury are poured out on this place, on human beings and on livestock, and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched.

• Jeremiah 17:27

  But if you do not listen to me, to keep holy the day of the Sabbath, and not to carry a burden and come in through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in her gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it will not be quenched.’”

• Jeremiah 21:12

  house of David! Thus says YHWH: Judge justly in the morning, and rescue the one who is robbed from the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

• Ezekiel 20:47

  And say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of YHWH: Thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I am kindling in you a fire, and it will consume in you every green tree and every dry tree; the flame of fire will not be quenched, and all faces will be scorched by it, from the Negev to the north.

• Ezekiel 20:48

  And all flesh will see that I, YHWH, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.’”

• Ezekiel 32:7

  And when I extinguish you I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; the sun with a cloud I will cover, and the moon will not make its light shine.

• Amos 5:6

  Seek YHWH and live, or else he will rush like fire on the house of Joseph, and it will devour and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.