Qabal means “choose” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6901 קָבַל (qabal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qabal (kaw-bal') v. 1. to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include take, receive, and choose. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qabal (kaw-bal') v. 1. to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-)take.
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to receive
Usage: 1) to take, receive, be before 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to take, choose, receive 1a2) to accept 1a3) to accept, assume 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show oppositeness 1b2) to correspond, receive one to the other Aramaic equivalent: qe.val (קַבֵּל "to receive" H6902)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qabal, 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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12 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6901.
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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Qabal (Strong's H6901) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "choose". qabal (kaw-bal') v. 1. to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's H6901 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6901 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as take, receive, and choose. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.