To seize
קָמַטStrong’s H7059qamat (qa-mat)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qamat is the Hebrew word usually translated “have seized me” and “were snatched away”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.”
Meaning
- To seize(Qal) to seize · (Pual) to be snatched away prematurely
How it's translated
- and you have seized me 1
- they were snatched away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
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Hebrew dictionary
קָמַט qamat · to seize
1) to seize 1a) (Qal) to seize 1b) (Pual) to be snatched away prematurely
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seize” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEIZE, verb transitive
- To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold on; or to gripe or grasp suddenly.
- To take possession by force, with or without right.
- To invade suddenly; to take hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient
- To take possession by virtue of a warrant or legal authority.
All definitions
- To fasten; to fix.
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.