Strong H6638צָבָה
to swell
- Transliteration
- tsâbâh
- Pronunciation
- tsaw-baw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {amass} that {is} grow turgid; specifically to array an army against: - {fight} swell.
Detailed definition
1) to swell, swell up
1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1a) (Qal) to swell (of adulteress' belly)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to swell (of adulteress' belly)
In the Bible
Strong H6638 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- swell2
- fight1
First verses
- Numbers 5:22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
- Numbers 5:27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
- Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.