To wash
כָּבַסStrong’s H3526kavas (ka-vas)
Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kavas is the Hebrew word usually translated “wash”, “washer” and “washed”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.
“Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:”
Meaning
- This name means to wash (by treading)
- To wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller(Qal) washer, fuller, treader (participle) · (Piel) to wash (garments, person) · (Pual) to be washed · (Hothpael) to be washed out
How it's translated
- he will wash 18
- and he will wash 12
- and they will wash 3
- you will wash 3
- washer 3
- and they washed 2
- was washed out 2
- and it will be washed 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 28
- Numbers 8
- Exodus 2
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 19:10And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
- Exodus 19:14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
- Leviticus 6:27Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
- Leviticus 11:25And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 11:28And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
- Leviticus 11:40And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
All 48 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
כָּבַס kavas · Washer's
This name means to wash (by treading)
כָּבַס kavas · to wash
1) to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller 1a) (Qal) washer, fuller, treader (participle) 1b) (Piel) to wash (garments, person) 1c) (Pual) to be washed 1d) (Hothpael) to be washed out
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wash” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WASH, verb transitive
[G.]
- To cleanse by ablution, or by rubbing in water; as, to wash the hands or the body; to wash garments.
- To wet; to fall on and moisten; as, the rain washes the flowers or plants.
- To overflow.
- To overflow or dash against; to cover with water; as, the waves wash the strand or shore; the sea washes the rocks on the shore or beach.
All definitions and other forms of “wash”
- To scrub in water; as, to wash a deck or a floor.
- To separate extraneous matter from; as, to wash ore; to wash grain.
- In painting, to lay a color over any work with a pencil, to give it the proper tints, and make it appear more natural.
- To rub over with some liquid substance; as, to wash trees fro removing insects or diseases.
- To squeeze and cleanse in water; as, to wash wool.
- To cleanse by a current of water; as, showers wash the streets.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as steel washed with silver.
- To purify from the pollution of sin.“But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified” 1 Corinthians 6:11
WASH, verb intransitive
- To perform the act of ablution.“WASH in Jordan seven times. [Elliptical.]” 2 Kings 5:10
- To perform the business of cleansing clothes in water.
WASH, noun
- Alluvial matter; substances collected and deposited by water; as the wash of a river.
- A bog; a marsh; a fen.
- A cosmetic; as a wash for the face, to help the complexion.
- A lotion; a medical liquid preparation for external application.
- A superficial stain or color.
- Waste liquor of a kitchen for hogs.
- The act of washing the clothes of a family; or the whole quantity washed at once.
- With distillers, the fermentable liquor made b dissolving the proper subject for fermentation and distillation in common water.
- The shallow part of a river, or arm of the sea; as the wastes in Lincolnshire.
- The blade of an oar; the thin part, which enters the water and by whose impulse the boat is moved.
- The color laid on a picture to vary its tints.
- A substance laid on boards or other work for beauty or preservation.
- A thin coat of metal.
- In the west Indies, a mixture of dunder, molasses, water and scummings, for distillation.
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.