קָבַץ (b. h.) to press, gather. Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ (ref. to Prov. XIII, 11) ואם קוֹבֵץ על יד ירבה but if he collects learning little by little, he will increase it, v. חֲבִילָה; Erub. 54ᵇ (corr. acc.).—Part. pass. קָבוּץ; pl. קְבוּצִים, קְבוּצִין. Y. Shebi. II, 33ᵈ top נוטל את הק׳ עמו (not עמה) he may take with him the collected rakings. Gitt. 56ᵇ (ref. to Koh. VIII, 10) א"ת קבורים אלא קבוצים read not ḳ’burim (buried) but ḳ’butsim (the wicked taking up heaps of spoil).
Pi. - קִבֵּץ same, to collect. Ib. 7ᵃ quot. in Ar. (ref. to Josh. XV, 21 קבצאל ועדר ויגור) כל המְקַבֵּץ עדרים … יגור וכ׳ he who gathers flocks (students) to the study of the Law, shall dwell in the partition of the Lord. Midr. Till. to Ps. CVII אני אֲקַבֵּץ וכ׳ I (the Lord) will gather you in due time; a. fr.
Nif. - נִקְבָּץ,
Nithpa. - נִתְקַבֵּץ to be collected, gathered. Snh. 112ᵃ נִקְבָּצִין לתוכה those things which can be brought together to the condemned city (with ref. to Deut. XIII, 17). Meg. 17ᵇ כיון שנִתְקַבְּצוּ גליות וכ׳ when the diasporas are collected, judgment is executed on the wicked. Zeb. 116ᵃ נִתְקַבְּצוּ כולם אצל וכ׳ they all gathered themselves around Balaam; a. fr.