--- title: כָּבַשׁ — subdue · The Tanakh dictionary description: כָּבַשׁ (3533), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: subdue. BDB 1906: vb. subdue, bring into bondage Qal Qal Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3533.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499.md)‎ / כָּבַשׁ‎ # כָּבַשׁ «כָּבַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **subdue** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 3533 · **BDB:** כָּבַשׁ ### Glosses it.will.be.subdued (2); \[are.being\].forced.into.slavery (1); \[are\].forcing.into.slavery (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) subdue [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3533/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. subdue, bring into bondage Qal Qal Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3533/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. subdue, bring into bondage (NH id., press, oppress; Aramaic כְּבַשׁ, ܟܒܰܫ tread down, beat or make a path, subdue; Arabic كَبَسَ press, squeeze, knead (body or limb, as in the bath, massage), also attack, assault)— Pf. 3 pl. וְכָֽבְשׁוּ consec. Zc 9:15; Impf. יִכְבּוֹשׁ Mi 7:19; וַיִּכְבְּשׁוּם Je 34:11 Qr (Kt Hiph), etc.; Imv. pl. sf. כִּבְשֻׁהָ Gn 1:28; Inf. כְּבוֹשׁ 2 Ch 28:10 Est 7:8; Pt. כֹּבְשִׁים Ne 5:5;— bring into bondage, sq. acc. + לַעֲבָדִים Je 34:11, 16 2 Ch 28:10 Ne 5:5. (late) subdue, force, a woman Est 7:8 (= earlier עִנָּה). subdue, dominate, the earth Gn 1:28 (P), Zc 9:15 (of conquest); tread down, sq. אַבְנֵי־קֶלַע; fig. subdue, sq. עֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ Mi 7:19. Pf. 3 fs. נִכְבְּשָׁה Jos 18:1 + 3 times; Pt. fpl. נִכְבָּשׁוֹת Ne 5:5;—pass. of Qal 1, subj. בְּנוֹתֵינוּ Ne 5:5; of Qal 3, subj. הָאָרֶץ (of conquest) Nu 32:22, 29 Jos 18:1 (all P), 1 Ch 22:18. Pf. כִּבֵּשׁ subdued 2 S 8:11, obj. גּוֹיִם. Impf. bring into bondage sq. acc. + לַעֲבָדִים Je 34:11 Kt (Qr Qal). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «כָּבַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3533/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Micah 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.7.19/) יָשׁ֣וּב יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּ יִכְבֹּ֖שׁ עֲוֺֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּ וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ בִּמְצֻל֥וֹת יָ֖ם כָּל־חַטֹּאותָֽם׃ *Word for word:* he.will.return he will.have.compassion.on.us he.will.subdue iniquities our and you.will.cast in.\[the\] depths of.\[the\].sea all sins their *JPS 1917:* He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. [Joshua 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.1/) וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ כָּל־עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּ שָׁ֖ם אֶת־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהָאָ֥רֶץ נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* and they.assembled all the.congregation of.the.people of.Israel Shiloh and they.caused.to.dwell there (et) the.tent of.meeting and the land it.was.subdued before them *JPS 1917:* And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them. - ← previous: [כֶּבֶשׂ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3532.md) - next →: [כֶּבֶשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3534.md) - ↑ back to [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499.md)