Quick Definition
to gather
Strong's Definition
to grasp, i.e. collect
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
TWOT Reference: 1983
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָבַץ (qa.vats) — to gather. 1) to gather, assemble 1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to assemble, gather 1b2) to be gathered 1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away 1d) (Pual) to be gathered together 1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קִבּוּץ · קְבֻצָה · קַבְצְאֵל · קִבְצַיִם
Gather | verb nif, verb hit | ≈ אסף
to come together, to gather, to assemble, to rally, to (re)unite = action by which humans or animals come together as a group for a common purpose
GEN 49:2 · JOS 9:2 · JOS 10:6 · JDG 9:47 · 1SA 7:6 · 1SA 7:7 · 1SA 8:4 · 1SA 22:2 · 1SA 25:1 · 1SA 28:4 · 2SA 2:25 · 1CH 11:1 · 1CH 13:2 · 2CH 13:7 · 2CH 15:10 · 2CH 20:4 · 2CH 32:4 · EZR 10:1 · EZR 10:7 · EZR 10:9 · NEH 4:14 · PSA 102:23 · ISA 34:15 · ISA 43:9 · ISA 44:11 · ISA 45:20 · ISA 48:14 · ISA 49:18 · ISA 60:4 · ISA 60:7 · JER 40:15 · JER 49:14 · EZK 39:17 · HOS 2:2 · JOL 4:11
Gather | verb qal, verb nif, verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ אסף · בוא · יצא · לקח · שׁוב | ≠ זרה · נדח · עזב · פוץ · פושׁ
to bring together, to gather = causative action by which humans or deities cause humans or animals to come together as a group for a common purpose
DEU 30:3 · DEU 30:4 · JDG 12:4 · 1SA 7:5 · 1SA 28:1 · 1SA 28:4 · 1SA 29:1 · 2SA 2:30 · 2SA 3:21 · 1KI 11:24 · 1KI 18:19 · 1KI 18:20 · 1KI 20:1 · 1KI 22:6 · 2KI 6:24 · 2KI 10:18 · 1CH 16:35 · 2CH 15:9 · 2CH 18:5 · 2CH 23:2 · 2CH 24:5 · 2CH 25:5 · 2CH 32:6 · EZR 7:28 · EZR 8:15 · NEH 1:9 · NEH 5:16 · NEH 7:5 · NEH 13:11 · EST 2:3 · EST 2:8 · EST 2:19 · PSA 106:47 · PSA 107:3 · ISA 11:12 · ISA 13:14 · ISA 34:16 · ISA 40:11 · ISA 43:5 · ISA 54:7 · ISA 56:8 · ISA 56:8 · ISA 56:8 · ISA 66:18 · JER 23:3 · JER 29:14 · JER 31:8 · JER 31:10 · JER 32:37 · JER 49:5 · EZK 11:17 · EZK 16:37 · EZK 16:37 · EZK 20:34 · EZK 20:41 · EZK 22:19 · EZK 22:20 · EZK 28:25 · EZK 29:5 · EZK 29:13 · EZK 34:13 · EZK 36:24 · EZK 37:21 · EZK 38:8 · EZK 39:27 · HOS 8:10 · HOS 9:6 · JOL 2:16 · JOL 4:2 · MIC 2:12 · MIC 2:12 · MIC 4:6 · MIC 4:12 · NAM 3:18 · HAB 2:5 · ZEP 3:8 · ZEP 3:19 · ZEP 3:20 · ZEC 10:8 · ZEC 10:10
Gather | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ אסף
to gather, to collect, to amass, to pick = causative action by which humans gather inanimate objects from different sources to keep for oneself or store it
GEN 41:35 · GEN 41:48 · DEU 13:17 · 2CH 24:5 · PRO 13:11 · PRO 28:8 · ISA 22:9 · ISA 62:9 · MIC 1:7 · MIC 1:7
Compile | verb qal
to gather = causative action by which humans gather different types of information in order to compile it into a story
1 MIC 1:7 MT HOTTP-B RSV NIV NRSV REB GNT | NJPS NJB pu'al 3 pl "they were amassed"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָבַץ 127 vb. gather, collect Qal gather, collect
Niph. intrans. assemble, gather
pass. be gathered
Pi. 51 gather together
Pu. of land
Hithp. gather together (intrans.), be gathered together
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