To rob
קָבַעStrong’s H6906qava (qa-va)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qava is the Hebrew word usually translated “robbing”, “rob” and “rob them”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to robmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- robbing 2
- and he will rob 1
- rob them 1
- will he rob 1
- have we robbed you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Malachi 2
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
קָבַע qava · to rob
1) (Qal) to rob 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rob” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROB, noun
All definitions and other forms of “rob”
ROB, verb transitive
- In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.
- To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.
- To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.
- To take away by oppression or by violence.“ROB not the poor because he is poor” Proverbs 22:22
- To take from; to deprive.
- In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.
- To withhold what is due. Malachi 3:8
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.