Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV Usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּסָה (ka.sah) — to cover. 1) to cover, conceal, hide 1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cover, clothe 1c2) to cover, conceal 1c3) to cover (for protection) 1c4) to cover over, spread over 1c5) to cover, overwhelm 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be covered 1d2) to be clothed 1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · כָּסוּי · כְּסוּת · מִכְסֶה · מְכַסֶּה
Cover | verb pi, verb pu'al, verb nif
to cover, to be covered = state or process by which a surface is covered by another object, ► often making this surface more or less invisible
GEN 7:19 · GEN 7:20 · EXO 14:28 · EXO 15:5 · EXO 15:10 · EXO 24:15 · EXO 24:16 · EXO 29:13 · EXO 29:22 · EXO 40:34 · LEV 3:3 · LEV 3:9 · LEV 3:14 · LEV 4:8 · LEV 7:3 · LEV 13:12 · LEV 13:13 · LEV 16:13 · NUM 9:15 · NUM 9:16 · NUM 16:33 · NUM 17:7 · JOS 24:7 · 1KI 7:18 · 1KI 7:41 · 1KI 7:42 · 2CH 4:12 · 2CH 4:13 · 2CH 5:8 · JOB 15:27 · JOB 22:11 · JOB 38:34 · PSA 78:53 · PSA 80:11 · PSA 104:6 · PSA 104:9 · PSA 106:11 · PSA 106:17 · ISA 11:9 · ISA 26:21 · JER 46:8 · JER 51:42 · EZK 26:10 · EZK 26:19 · EZK 30:18 · EZK 38:9 · EZK 38:16 · EZK 41:16 · HOS 10:8 · HAB 2:14
Cover | verb pi, verb hit
to cover oneself = action by which humans cover part of their body with a veil, ► in order to make it invisible
Cover | verb pi
to cover = causative action by which humans or deities cover a surface with their hands, a piece of cloth, a substance, or an object, ► often with the purpose of making this surface invisible or inaccessible
GEN 9:23 · GEN 38:15 · EXO 21:33 · EXO 26:13 · EXO 28:42 · LEV 17:13 · NUM 4:5 · NUM 4:8 · NUM 4:9 · NUM 4:11 · NUM 4:12 · NUM 4:15 · DEU 23:14 · JDG 4:18 · JDG 4:19 · 1SA 19:13 · 1KI 1:1 · PSA 147:8 · ISA 6:2 · ISA 6:2 · EZK 1:11 · EZK 1:23 · EZK 1:23 · EZK 16:8 · EZK 24:7 · EZK 24:8 · EZK 31:15 · EZK 32:7 · EZK 32:7 · HOS 2:11 · MAL 2:13
Dress | verb hit, verb pu'al
to wear, to be clothed literally: to be covered; hence: = state in which humans are wearing a particular kind of clothing
Dress | verb hit, verb pi
to put on literally: to cover oneself; hence: = action by which humans put on a particular kind of clothing
DEU 22:12 · 1KI 11:29 · 2KI 19:1 · ISA 37:1 · ISA 59:6 · JON 3:6 · JON 3:8
Dress | verb pi
to dress literally: to cover; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to put on clothing
Engage | verb pi
to openly engage (in an activity) literally: to cover (one's clothes with a particular activity); hence, probably: = action by which humans engage in an activity and take full responsibility for the result
Non-Engage | verb pi
to keep from literally: to cover (a certain attitude from someone); hence, probably: = causative action by which deities prevent humans from adopting a certain atittude
Happen | verb pi
to cover > to overwhelm literally: to cover; hence: = process by which certain events happen with a great intensity and are often more than the recipient can bear
JOB 23:17 · PSA 44:20 · PSA 55:6 · PSA 140:10 · ISA 60:2 · JER 3:25 · EZK 7:18 · OBA 1:10 · MIC 7:10 · HAB 2:17
Happen | verb pi
Collocation: כסה פָּנֶה
to cover (one's) face literally: to cover (one's) face; hence: = process by which certain events happen with a great intensity and its results are visible in the recipient's facial expression
Hold | verb pi
Collocation: כסה עַל־כַּפִַּים
to fill (one's) hands with (something) literally: to cover (a substance) over one's hands; hence, probably: = action by which deities grab hold of a certain substance
Innocent | verb pi, verb qal ptc.pass
to cover > to forgive literally: to cover; hence: = action by which humans or deities no longer hold (other) humans responsible for certain actions
DEU 13:9 · NEH 3:37 · PSA 32:1 · PSA 85:3 · PRO 10:12 · PRO 17:9
Non-Know | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif, verb pu'al
to conceal literally: to cover (information); hence: = causative action by which humans or deities keep certain information hidden from others
GEN 18:17 · GEN 37:26 · JOB 16:18 · JOB 31:33 · PSA 32:5 · PSA 40:11 · PRO 10:6 · PRO 10:11 · PRO 10:18 · PRO 11:13 · PRO 12:16 · PRO 12:23 · PRO 26:26 · PRO 28:13 · ECC 6:4
Quantity | verb pi, verb pu'al
to cover literally: to cover; hence: = state in which objects are present in a very great quantity
EXO 8:2 · EXO 10:5 · EXO 10:15 · EXO 16:13 · NUM 22:5 · NUM 22:11 · JOB 21:26 · PRO 24:31 · ISA 60:6
Safe | verb pi
to ask for protection literally: to cover to someone; hence, possibly: = action by which humans expect safety from a deity
Safe | verb pi
to hide literally: to cover (someone) in the shadow of (one's) hand; hence: = causative action by which deities provide protection to humans
Space | verb pi
to cover > to fill literally: to cover; hence: = state in which a certain condition is visible over a very large area
1 PSA 143:9 RSV NRSV ESV "I have fled ... for refuge" NIV "I hide myself" NJPS "I look for cover" REB "I seek refuge" GNT "I go for protection" CEV "I come for safety"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[כָּסָה] vb. cover Qal conceal
pass. (cstr.) covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight)
Niph. covered
Pi. cover, clothe
cover, conceal blood
cover (with covering of protection)
cover, spread over
cover, overwhelm
cover over
Pual. be covered
be clothed
Hithp. cover, clothe oneself
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