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Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14

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Strong's #3526 - כָּבַס

Transliteration

kâbaç

Phonetics

kaw-bas'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

946

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller
1. (Qal) washer, fuller, treader (participle)
2. (Piel) to wash (garments, person)
3. (Pual) to be washed
4. (Hothpael) to be washed out

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1102 ‑ γναφεύς (gnaf‑yuce'); 4150 ‑ πλύνω (ploo'‑no, ploo'‑o); 637 ‑ ἀποπλύνω (ap‑op‑loo'‑no);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (58)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 37

Numbers 9

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

BSB (49)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

CSB (50)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

ESV (51)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

KJV (51)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

LEB (51)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

LSB (51)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

N95 (49)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

NAS (51)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 31

Numbers 8

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (67)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Leviticus 45

Numbers 10

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Malachi 1

ASV (58)

and bathe 7

and he shall wash 2

and let them wash 2

and like fuller's 1

and shall wash 1

and they washed 1

and wash 1

and ye shall wash 1

but if he wash 1

for though thou wash 1

from them, then it shall be washed 1

he hath washed 1

he shall wash 2

her shall wash 1

him; and he shall wash 1

is washed 1

it be, which thou shalt wash 1

nor washed 1

of it shall wash 2

of the fuller's 3

of them shall wash 2

off: and he shall wash 1

shall be washed 1

shall wash 11

that they wash 1

the washing 1

them shall wash 1

themselves from sin, and they washed 1

then he shall wash 1

those things shall wash 1

thou shalt wash 1

upon shall wash 1

wash 3

BSB (49)

and they washed 1

and wash 1

he must wash 3

he washes 1

it has been washed 2

like a launderer''s 1

must also wash 2

must be washed 1

must wash 16

that person must wash 1

the one being cleansed must wash 1

the one who was touched must wash 1

the person must wash 1

them must wash 1

themselves and washed 1

then it is to be washed 1

they must wash 1

to be washed 1

to the launderer''s 3

wash 3

wash me 1

washed 1

washing 1

you are to wash 1

you must wash 1

you wash 1

CSB (50)

cleansing 1

the fuller's 3

wash 36

washed 9

washes 1

ESV (51)

fullers 1

wash 37

wash yourself 1

washed 9

washer's 3

KJV (51)

fuller's 3

fullers 1

wash 39

washed 7

washing 1

LEB (51)

and ⌊someone⌋ shall wash 1

and he shall wash 4

and he will wash 1

and they washed 2

and wash 1

and you will wash 1

cleanse 1

has been washed off 1

he might wash 1

he washes 1

it has been washed off 1

it will wash 1

it you shall wash 1

like launderers 1

must wash 10

s 1

s⌋ 1

shall be washed 1

shall wash 4

the washer 1

them must wash 1

them shall wash 1

then he shall wash 2

then shall be washed 1

then that one shall wash 1

they must wash 1

wash 2

wash me 1

washed 1

will wash 3

you wash 1

LSB (51)

fuller's 3

fullers' 1

wash 38

washed 8

washes 1

N95 (49)

fuller's 3

fullers' 1

wash 36

washed 8

washes 1

NAS (51)

cleanse 1

fuller's 3

launderer's 1

wash 37

washed 8

washes 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (67)

and bathe 14

and he shall bathe 2

and let them wash 1

and shall wash 1

and they washed 1

and wash 1

for though you wash 1

he has washed 1

he shall wash 4

her shall wash 1

is washed 1

it is washed 1

nor washed 1

on shall wash 1

shall wash 15

that they wash 1

them shall wash 1

then he shall wash 1

those things shall wash 1

wash 3

you shall wash 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2249) x b k (כבס KBS) AC: Wash CO: ? AB: ?: Clothes were placed in the cleaning solution and trampled on. [from: xb]

V) x b k (כבס KBS) - Wash: KJV (51): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel, Participle) wash, fuller - Strongs: H3526 (כָּבַס)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[כָּבַס]₅₁ verb (tread), wash (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כבס as participle; Assyrian kabâsu, tread ( down), subjugate, kibšu, step, path, Dl^HWB) —

Qal Participle only מְסִלַּת שְׂדֵה כוֺבֵס highway of fuller's (= treader's, washer's) field Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 36:2 = 2 Kings 18:17.

Pi`el Perfect וְכִּבֶּס consecutive Leviticus 13:6 11t.; כִּבֵּס Genesis 49:11; 2 Samuel 19:25, etc.; Imperfect יְכַבֵּס Leviticus 11:25 16t.; 2 masculine singular suffix תְּכַבְּסֵנִי Psalm 51:9, etc.; Imperative suffix כַּבְּסֵנִי Psalm 51:4; feminine singular כַּבְּסִי Jeremiah 4:14; Participle plural מְכַבְּסִים Malachi 3:2; —

1 wash garments (i.e. by treading) Exodus 19:10,14 (E), 2 Samuel 19:25; figurative of Judah Genesis 49:11; elsewhere chiefly P: Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 11:25,28; Leviticus 13:6,34; Leviticus 15:11; Numbers 8:9 +; "" רָחץ (which = wash person) Leviticus 14:8,9; Leviticus 15:5,6,7,8,10,11 + (׳כ in Leviticus 27t., "" ׳ר15t.; in Numbers 8t., "" ׳ר 3t.); Participle = fuller (compare Qal), only ׳בֹּרִית מְכ Malachi 3:2.

2 wash person, only in poetry and figurative אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Jeremiah 2:22; כַּבְּסִי מֵרָעָה לִבֵךְ Jeremiah 4:14; with suffix Psalm 51:4 ("" טהר; + מֵעָוֺן); Psalm 51:9 ("" חִטֵּא).

Pu`al Perfect וְכֻבַּס consecutive Leviticus 13:58; Leviticus 15:17 be washed, of garment.

Hothpa`al (Ges^{§ 54}, 3) Infinitive אַחֲרֵי הֻכַּבֵּסאֶתהַֿנֶּגַע Leviticus 13:55 after the plague is washed out, so Leviticus 13:56.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כָּבַס pr. to tread, or trample with the feet (cogn. to כָּבַשׁ; as to the syllable בס, which is primary in this root, see under בּוּס p. 108, A ), hence to wash garments by treading on them when under water. It differs from רָחַץ to wash (the body), as the Gr. λούειν differs from πλύνειν. In Kal it only occurs in Part. כּוֹבֵס Isaiah 7:3, 36:2, a washer of garments, a fuller, Gr. πλυντήρ, κναφεύς, one who cleanses soiled garments, and fulls new ones. See Schneider, Ind.ad Scriptt.Rei Rusticæ, p. 385. Schoöttgen, Trituræ et Fulloniæ Antiquitates, Lips. 1763, 8.

Piel כִּבֵּס and כִּבֶּס

(1) i.q. Kal Genesis 49:11; Exodus 19:10. Part. מְכַכֵּס i.q. כֹּבֵס Malachi 3:2.

(2) Metaph. to purge the soul from sin, Psal. 51:4, Psalms 51:9; Jeremiah 4:14 but still allusion is made to the original signification of washing, Jeremiah 2:22; Malachi 3:2.

Pual, pass. Leviticus 13:58, 15:17.

Hothpael, pass. הֻכַּבַּס Leviticus 13:55, 56 Leviticus 13:56.

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List of Word Forms

הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס הכבס וְ֠כִבֶּס וְכִ֨בְּס֔וּ וְכִבְּס֖וּ וְכִבְּס֥וּ וְכִבֶּ֣ס וְכִבֶּ֥ס וְכִבֶּ֧ס וְכִבֶּ֨ס וְכִבֶּס֩ וְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧ם וְכֻבַּ֥ס וַֽיְכַבְּס֖וּ וַֽיְכַבְּסוּ֙ ויכבסו וכבס וכבסו וכבסתם יְכַבֵּ֔ס יְכַבֵּ֖ס יְכַבֵּ֣ס יְכַבֵּ֤ס יְכַבֵּ֥ס יְכַבֵּ֧ס יכבס כִּבֵּ֤ס כִבֵּ֔ס כַּבְּסִ֨י כַּבְּסֵ֣נִי כבס כבסי כבסני כוֹבֵֽס׃ כובס׃ מְכַבְּסִֽים׃ מכבסים׃ תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי תְּכַבְּסִי֙ תְּכַבֵּ֔ס תְּכַבֵּ֖ס תכבס תכבסי תכבסני chibBes choVes huk·kab·bês hukkabBes hukkabbês kab·bə·sê·nî kab·bə·sî kabbeSeni kabbəsênî kabbeSi kabbəsî kib·bês ḵib·bês kibBes kibbês ḵibbês ḵō·w·ḇês ḵōwḇês mə·ḵab·bə·sîm mechabbeSim məḵabbəsîm tə·ḵab·bə·sê·nî tə·ḵab·bə·sî tə·ḵab·bês techabBes techabbeSeni techabbeSi təḵabbês təḵabbəsênî təḵabbəsî vaychabbeSu vechibbasTem vechibBes vechibbeSu vechubBas way·ḵab·bə·sū wayḵabbəsū wə·ḵib·bas·tem wə·ḵib·bə·sū wə·ḵib·bes wə·ḵub·bas wəḵibbastem wəḵibbes wəḵibbəsū wəḵubbas yə·ḵab·bês yechabBes yəḵabbês