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كبت

k-b-t

The root كبت (kbt) primarily means to throw someone down prostrate, especially on their face, or to repel and abase an enemy. It also signifies God's act of disappointing or causing someone to fail.

Root

ك-ب-ت

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Total uses

3

Verses

3

Surahs

4

Forms

Root

ك-ب-ت

Root Meaning

The root كبت (kbt) primarily means to throw someone down prostrate, especially on their face, or to repel and abase an enemy. It also signifies God's act of disappointing or causing someone to fail.

Derived forms

يَكۡبِتَهُمۡ1فَكُبَّتۡ1كُبِتُواْ1كُبِتَ1

Surah distribution

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (2)

Aal-Imran 3:127

يَكْبِتَهُمْMeaning here: The root كبت (kbt) primarily means to throw someone down prostrate, especially on their face, or to repel and abase an enemy. It also signifies God's act of disappointing or causing someone to fail.

That He may cut off a part of those who disbelieve, or overwhelm them so that they retire, frustrated

Al-Mujadila 58:5

كُبِتُوا۟Meaning here: The root كبت (kbt) primarily means to throw someone down prostrate, especially on their face, or to repel and abase an enemy. It also signifies God's act of disappointing or causing someone to fail.

Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger will be abased even as those before them were abased; and We have sent down clear tokens, and for disbelievers is a shameful doom

🔎 Across the Quran (1)

An-Naml 27:90

وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ هَلۡ تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

And whosoever comes with evil, they will be flung upon their faces into the Fire. Will you be recompensed for aught other than what you do