Root

ك-ع-ب

kʿb·k-3-b

4 occurrences4 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
كَعْبَةkaʿbah2—
كَعْبَيْنkaʿbayn1—
كَواعِبkawāʿib1—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ك-ع-ب more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ك-ع-ب falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ك-ع-ب occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 4 of 604 pages (1%)

Densest in juzʾ 7 (2 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 458 pages — pages 125–582, juzʾ 7–30.

Occurrences · 4 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ك-ع-ب appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ك-ع-ب (kʿb) occurs 4 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 4 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ك-ع-ب occur?

4 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ك-ع-ب (kʿb), out of 4 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ك-ع-ب?

ك-ع-ب (kʿb) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently كَعْبَة (kaʿbah, 2×), كَعْبَيْن (kaʿbayn, 1×), and كَواعِب (kawāʿib, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.