Kabash means “tread down” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3533 — nikopolis (“Nicopolis”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3533 כָּבַשׁ (kabash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kabash (kaw-bash') v. 1. to tread down 2. (hence) negatively, to disregard It has 13 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include into, subdue, and bring. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kabash (kaw-bash') v. 1. to tread down 2. (hence) negatively, to disregard 3. positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate [a primitive root] KJV: bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3533. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to subdue
Usage: 1) to subject, subdue, force, keep under, bring into bondage 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bring into bondage, make subservient 1a2) to subdue, force, violate 1a3) to subdue, dominate, tread down 1b) (Niphal) to be subdued 1c) (Piel) to subdue 1d) (Hiphil) to bring into bondage
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kabash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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13 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3533.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3533, grouped by book.
Kabash (Strong's H3533) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "tread down". kabash (kaw-bash') v. 1. to tread down 2. (hence) negatively, to disregard
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's H3533 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3533 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as into, subdue, and bring. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.