Quranic root
جبي
j · b · y
The root centers on gathering something together, especially collecting it into a receptacle or toward a destination.
The lexical evidence develops from gathering water in a basin to collecting revenue, while Form VIII extends the gathering notion into selecting or singling out. The Quranic noun preserves the concrete receptacle sense.
- Maqāyīs · row 1077
- Mufradāt · row 227
- 3
- Quran-attested forms
- 4
- Quran senses
- 12
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
جَبَى
jabā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To be gathered or brought together to a place or destination.
The Quranic occurrence is the passive imperfect يُجْبَىٰ and describes fruits being brought toward a specified place, emphasizing their collection there.
- Mufradāt · row 227
Selected Quran examples
Quran 28:57word 14
“are brought”
اِجْتَبَى
āijtabā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form VIII
- Form
- VIII
- Quran occurrences
- 10 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To select or choose someone or a group, singling them out for favor.
In Quranic usage this commonly describes divine selection, through which the chosen receive special favor, guidance, and blessings without prior effort; the form retains the notion of gathering by selection.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:6word 2
“will choose you”
Quran 22:78word 7
“(has) chosen you”
To devise, contrive, or fabricate something by putting it together.
In the Quranic usage at 7:203, the object is an alleged sign or message; the expression conveys the insinuation that it was assembled or invented rather than divinely given.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:203word 7
“you devised it”
جَابِيَة
jābiyah
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A water-collecting basin, vessel, or reservoir.
The supplied Quran occurrence is the plural جَوَابِ, understood as a plural of جَابِيَة, in a simile comparing serving basins to such water-collecting receptacles.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 34:13word 9
“like reservoirs”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:179يَجْتَبِىchooses
- 6:87وَٱجْتَبَيْنَـٰهُمْand We chose them
- 7:203ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚyou devised it
- 12:6يَجْتَبِيكَwill choose you
- 16:121ٱجْتَبَىٰهُHe chose him
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
جَبَى
To collect water in a basin or other receptacle.
An active Form I use describing water gathered into a container.
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جَبَى
To collect a tax, tribute, or other revenue.
A figurative extension of gathering, applied to the collection of a levy or public revenue.
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جَبَا
The area surrounding a well.
A nominal use distinct from the water collected in the well or basin.
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جِبَا
Water collected in a basin or other receptacle.
Also reported with the forms جِبْوَة and جِبَاوَة.
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جَبَّى
To prostrate oneself.
A distinct doubled Form II usage.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Form I public headword is normalized to the perfect جَبَى although the supplied Quran occurrence is the passive imperfect يُجْبَىٰ.
The nominal public headword is normalized to singular جَابِيَة; the supplied Quran occurrence is the plural جَوَابِ.
The supplied Lane primary material is only a cross-reference pointer, so no additional Lane lexical branch can be extracted.