קָשַׁשׁ qâshash

Meaning

to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble

In the King James Version: gather (selves) (together).

Derivation: a primitive root; to become sapless through drought; used only as denominative from H7179 (קַשׁ);

Where it is used

• Exodus 5:7 “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
• Exodus 5:12 So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
• Numbers 15:32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
• Numbers 15:33 Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,
• 1 Kings 17:10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
• 1 Kings 17:12 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
• Zephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,