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H7059 קָמַט (qâmaṭ) kaw-mat'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to seize

Strong's Definition

to pluck, i.e. destroy

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: cut down, fill with wrinkles.

TWOT Reference: 2034

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to seize
1a) (Qal) to seize
1b) (Pual) to be snatched away prematurely

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קָמַט (qa.mat) — to seize. 1) to seize 1a) (Qal) to seize 1b) (Pual) to be snatched away prematurely

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Hold | verb qal, verb pu'al

to seize, to snatch away = causative action by which deities take hold of humans ► in order to harm them

JOB 16:8 · JOB 22:16

verb

Shape | verb qal, verb pu'al

to cause to wrinkle, to cause to shrivel up, to cause to dry up = causative action by which deities cause the skin of humans to shrivel or dry up ◄ as a result of a bad health

JOB 16:8 · JOB 22:16

1 JOB 16:8 NIV GNT [1] | HOTTP-B RSV NJPS NRSV CEV [2] | NJB "to round on someone" | REB "to come forward" 2 JOB 22:16 RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV [1] | NJPS [2]

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קָמַט] vb. seize Qal and thou didst seize me.

Pu. be snatched (untimely)

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Bible Occurrences (2)

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