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1 Samuel 22:2
“And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6908 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to grasp, i.e. collect
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 127 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:35Genesis 41:48Genesis 49:2Deuteronomy 13:17Deuteronomy 30:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָבַץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.