קְבַע, R. Hash. 26ᵃ sq. a man came to Levi and said קַבְעַן פלניא וכ׳ that man is a ḳabʿan, and he (Levi) did not know what it meant; (on asking at college, he was told) גזלן פלניא וכ׳ it means that man is a robber &c. (ref. to Mal. III, 8 היקבע). Ib. אי הוינא … היכי קַבְעָךְ במאי קבעך ואמאי קבעך had I been there, I should have said to the man (using the same expression), how did he ḳ’bʿa thee?, wherewith?, and wherefore?, and thus I should have found out what it meant.