Strong H71972 sensesקָשַׁשׁ

The 2 senses of Strong H7197

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7197 appears in 7 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. to gatherH7197Ato gather, collect, gather stubble or sticks6 verses · Exodus, Numbers, 1 Kings
2. to assembleH7197Bto gather, assemble1 verse · Zephaniah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• gather5
• gathering2

First verses

1. Exodus 5:7
   Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
2. Exodus 5:12
   So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
3. Numbers 15:32
   And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
4. Numbers 15:33
   And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
5. 1 Kings 17:10
   So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
6. 1 Kings 17:12
   And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
7. Zephaniah 2:1
   Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;