King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7197
Transliteration: qashash
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shash')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to gather stubble
Meaning: to forage for, straw, stubble, wood, to assemble
Word Summary
qashash: to gather stubble
Original Word: קָשַׁשׁTransliteration: qashash
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shash')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to gather stubble
Meaning: to forage for, straw, stubble, wood, to assemble
Strong's Concordance
gather selves together A primitive root; to become sapless through drought; used only as denominative from qash; to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble -- gather (selves) (together).
see HEBREW qash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7197. qashash
[קָשַׁשׁ] verb denominative Po`el gather stubble; — Perfect3plural consecutive וְקשְׁשׁוּ Exodus 5:7; Infinitive construct לְקשֵׁשׁ 5:12; Participle מְקשֵׁשׁ Numbers 15:32-33, feminine מְקשֶׁשֶׁת 1 Kings 17:10, 12; — gather stubble, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb קַשׁ Exodus 5:12 (לַתֶּבֶן); also with accusative תֶּבֶן 5:7 (both J); with accusative עֵצִים as firewood Numbers 15:32-33, (P) 1 Kings 17:10, 12.
II. [קָשַׁשׁ] doubtful verb, only
Qal Imperative +
Hithpo`el Imperative, וָקוֺשּׁוּ הִתְקוֺשְׁשׁוּ Zephaniah 2:1; AV RV gather yourselves together, yea gather together, from foregoing (compare Vrss), but this only denominative in specific meaning gather stubble, sticks, etc.; read probably with Gr BuSK 1893, 396 and others הִתְבּוֺשְׁשׁוּ.