# Kef-Ayn-Be — كعب (kEb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/kEb

- **Meaning:** jointed-stem, fold, went away, joint/juncture/division of bones (more commonly the ankle bone), tarsus (in animals), swift, eminence/nobility/glory, anything elevated, square/cubic house/chamber, square-form, to hasten, to go away paying no regard to anything
- **Derived forms:** كَعْبَة (2) · كَعْبَيْن (1) · كَوَاعِب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ — l-kaʿbayni · "the ankles"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا قُمْتُمْ اِلَى الصَّلٰوةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ اِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُ۫سِكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ اِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُباً فَاطَّهَّرُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْ مِنْهُۜ مَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلٰكِنْ يُر۪يدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha qumtum ila assalati faghsiloowujoohakum waaydiyakum ila almarafiqi wamsahoobiruoosikum waarjulakum ila alkaAAbayni wa-in kuntumjunuban fattahharoo wa-in kuntum marda awAAala safarin aw jaa ahadun minkum mina algha-itiaw lamastumu annisaa falam tajidoo maanfatayammamoo saAAeedan tayyiban famsahoobiwujoohikum waaydeekum minhu ma yureedu AllahuliyajAAala AAalaykum min harajin walakin yureeduliyutahhirakum waliyutimma niAAmatahu AAalaykumlaAAallakum tashkuroon

O you who heed warning: when you rise up for the duty: wash your faces, and your hands to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet to the ankles. And if you are unclean, purify yourselves. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you came from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands with it. God wishes not to place any distress upon you; but He wishes to purify you and to complete His favour upon you, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-6.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَعْبَةِ — l-kaʿbati · "the Kabah"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · feminine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَاَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌۜ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزَٓاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِه۪ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ اَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاك۪ينَ اَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَاماً لِيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ اَمْرِه۪ۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqtuloo assayda waantum hurumunwaman qatalahu minkum mutaAAammidan fajazaon mithlu maqatala mina annaAAami yahkumu bihi thawaAAadlin minkum hadyan baligha alkaAAbati aw kaffaratuntaAAamu masakeena aw AAadlu thalika siyamanliyathooqa wabala amrihi AAafa AllahuAAamma salafa waman AAada fayantaqimu Allahuminhu wallahu AAazeezun thoo intiqam

O you who heed warning: kill no game when you are forbidden; and whoso of you kills it intentionally: the payment is the like of what he killed from grazing livestock. Let judge it two just men from among you by an offering reaching the kaʿba, or expiation: feeding needy persons or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he might taste the evil consequence of his deed. God has pardoned what is past; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-95.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَعْبَةَ — l-kaʿbata · "the Kabah"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · feminine · accusative case

جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ الْكَعْبَةَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ قِيَاماً لِلنَّاسِ وَالشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَالْهَدْيَ وَالْقَلَٓائِدَۜ ذٰلِكَ لِتَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

JaAAala Allahu alkaAAbata albayta alharamaqiyaman linnasi washshahra alharamawalhadya walqala-ida thalikalitaAAlamoo anna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi waanna Allaha bikullishay-in AAaleem

God made the kaʿba, the inviolable house, standing for the people, the inviolable month, the offering, and the necklaces — that is so that you might know that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and that God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-97.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** وَكَوَاعِبَ — wakawāʿiba · "And splendid companions"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · accusative case

وَكَوَاعِبَ اَتْرَاباًۙ

WakawaAAiba atraba

And well-matched maidens with swelling breasts,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-33.md_

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