Online lexicon and Jwlbqnd

[Paul Younan]

Hi John,

The word comes from the verbal root QBL. The primary meaning of this root is "accept, receive" and in fact is used in this sense for the familiar Jewish Gnosticism of "Kabbalah" (or more accurately spelled, Qabbala). I translated it "receive" in Acts 3:21 - although the root does have a wide variety of possible meanings (I may change it to "take up" now that I look at it a little closer.)

Here the the entry from the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon (the most compiled resource on Aramaic):

qbl V
011 passim to oppose
012 Syr to encounter
013 Syr to invoke
041 Syr to resist
042 Syr to be opposed
021 passim to receive, to accept
022 Syr %baTnA)% to be made pregnant
023 Syr %bAtar% to follow
024 Syr %Taybuw% to thank
025 Syr %nap$eh b% to betake oneself
026 Syr to undertake
027 Syr %qa.em qab.el% to expect
028 Syr to take up
029 JLAGal,JLATg,Syr,JBA to consent
0210 Syr %$uwrAyA)% to begin
0211 Syr to accept baptism
0212 JLAGal,JLATg to accept an opinion
0213 JLATg to receive punishment
051 passim to be accepted
052 JLAGal to be received
053 Syr %(al% to be dear to
054 JLATg to receive, to accept
031 Syr to be opposite
032 Syr %)ap:e)% to oppose
033 Syr to come
034 Syr to carry
035 Syr to anticipate
036 Syr to accept
037 Syr to receive
038 Syr to except
039 Syr to succeed
0310 Syr %ba$lAmA)% to greet
0311 Syr to kiss
061 Syr to be accepted
LS2 640

qbl#2 V
011 ImpArEgOst,ImpArEg,JLATg,JBA to bring suit, to complain
012 JLATg to cry out
J 1309

qbl#3 V
011 Qumran,JLA to become dark
031 JLA to darken (s.t.)