Limitless Word
קָבַבqâbab/kaw-bab'/
HebrewH68958 occurrences (KJV)

to scoop out, i.e. (figuratively) to malign or execrate (i.e. stab with words)

KJV renders it: [idiom] at all, curse.

Where it appears

  • Num 22:11‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
  • Num 22:17for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
  • Num 23:8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
  • Num 23:11Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.”
  • Num 23:13Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.”
  • Num 23:25Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.”
  • Num 23:27Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
  • Num 24:10Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.