Kâçâh — H3680

H3680 · Hebrew — כסה

Pronunciation: kaw-saw'

Definition

verb

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

  1. to cover, conceal, hide
    1. (Qal) conceal, covered (participle)
    2. (Niphal) to be covered
    3. (Piel)
      1. to cover, clothe
      2. to cover, conceal
      3. to cover (for protection)
      4. to cover over, spread over
      5. to cover, overwhelm
    4. (Pual)
      1. to be covered
      2. to be clothed
    5. (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

Usually translated as

cover, hide, conceal, clad self, close, clothe, overwhelm

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Kâçâh occurs 152 times in 149 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (15), Leviticus (9), Numbers (12), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (1), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (1), Job (11), Psalms (17), Proverbs (11), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (11), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (20), Hosea (2), Obadiah (1), Jonah (2), Micah (1), Habakkuk (3), Malachi (2)

Strong's Lexicon — K