ب ط ش Root b-ṭ-sh in the Qur’an 10 occurrences in 8 verses
- Occurrences
- 10
- Verses
- 8
- Surahs
- 8 of 114
- Words
- 3
Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ب ط ش (b-ṭ-sh) gives 3 words. It appears most in Ash-Shu'ara (2), Ad-Dukhan (2), Al-A'raf (1).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
بَطَشْ 5 times
- 7:195 · Al-A'rafيَبْطِشُونَ (to) holdDo they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, [O Muhammad], "Call your 'partners' and then conspire against me and give me no respite.
- 26:130 · Ash-Shu'araبَطَشْتُم you seizeAnd when you strike, you strike as tyrants.
- 26:130 · Ash-Shu'araبَطَشْتُمْ you seizeAnd when you strike, you strike as tyrants.
- 28:19 · Al-Qasasيَبْطِشَ strikeAnd when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."
- 44:16 · Ad-Dukhanنَبْطِشُ We will seizeThe Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.
بَطْش 3 times
- 43:8 · Az-Zukhrufبَطْشًۭا (in) powerAnd We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
- 50:36 · Qafبَطْشًۭا (in) powerAnd how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?
- 85:12 · Al-Burujبَطْشَ (the) GripIndeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.
بَطْشَة 2 times
- 44:16 · Ad-Dukhanٱلْبَطْشَةَ (with) the seizureThe Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.
- 54:36 · Al-Qamarبَطْشَتَنَا (of) Our seizureAnd he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
How we count
Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.
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