To quench
כָּבָהStrong’s H3518kavah (ka-vah)
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be extinguished”, “extinguishes” and “it will be quenched”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.”
Meaning
- To quench, put out, be put out, be quenched, be extinguished(Qal) to be quenched, be extinguished · (Piel) to quench, extinguish
How it's translated
- it will be extinguished 7
- extinguishes 4
- it will be quenched 3
- it is extinguished 2
- it was extinguished 1
- and they will extinguish 1
- you will extinguish 1
- and they extinguished 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- Jeremiah 4
- Ezekiel 3
- Leviticus 2
- 2 Samuel 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 6:13The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
- 1 Samuel 3:3And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
- 2 Samuel 14:7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
- 2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
- 2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
- 2 Chronicles 29:7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
Hebrew dictionary
כָּבָה kavah · to quench
1) to quench, put out, be put out, be quenched, be extinguished 1a) (Qal) to be quenched, be extinguished 1b) (Piel) to quench, extinguish
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quench” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUENCH, verb transitive
- To extinguish; to put out; as, to quench flame.
- To still; to quiet; to repress; as, to quench a passion or emotion.
- To allay or extinguish; as, to quench thirst.
- To destroy.
All definitions and other forms of “quench”
- To check; to stifle; as, to quench the Spirit.
QUENCH, verb intransitive
To cool; to become cool.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.