# קָבַב (qavav)

Israeli respelling: qa-vav. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6895. 9 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: [idiom] at all, curse.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qavav-h6895

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/11) — Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to…
- [Numbers 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/17) — For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this pe…
- [Numbers 23:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/8) — How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
- [Numbers 23:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/11) — And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
- [Numbers 23:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/13) — And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost par…
- [Numbers 23:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/25) — And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
- [Numbers 23:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/27) — And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse…
- [Numbers 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/10) — And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enem…
- [Job 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/3) — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.