Strong H7197H7197Aקָשַׁשׁ
to gather
One of the 2 senses of Strong H7197
- Transliteration
- qâshash
- Pronunciation
- kaw-shash'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
to gather, collect, gather stubble or sticks
General definition
A primitive root; to become sapless through drought; used only as denominative from H7179; to forage for {straw} stubble or wood; figuratively to assemble: - gather (selves) (together).
In the Bible
Strong H7197A appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gather4
- gathering2
First verses
- Exodus 5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- Exodus 5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
- Numbers 15:32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
- Numbers 15:33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
- 1 Kings 17:10So 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.
- 1 Kings 17:12And 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.