King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6957
Transliteration: qav
Phonetic Spelling: (kav)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: line
Meaning: a cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord
Word Summary
qav: line
Original Word: קַוTransliteration: qav
Phonetic Spelling: (kav)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: line
Meaning: a cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord
Strong's Concordance
line Or qav {kawv}; from qavah (compare qaveh); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord -- line. Compare qav-qav.
see HEBREW qavah
see HEBREW qaveh
see HEBREW qav-qav
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6957. qav
I. קַו only in לָקָו קַו Isaiah 28:10 (twice in verse); 28:13 (twice in verse), mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless, see צַו p. 846.
II. קַו see קוה.
II. קַו noun masculineZechariah 1:16 line (compare Köii. l. 40 Anm. 2); — absolute קַו Ezekiel 47:3 + Zechariah 1:16 Qr (Kt קוה), קָ֑ו Isaiah 34:17 +; construct קַו 2 Kings 21:13 +; — measuring-line (׳ק מִדָּה Jeremiah 31:39): 1 Kings 7:23 (Qr; Kt קוה, see below) = 2 Chronicles 4:2; Ezekiel 47:3; for marking off a possession inland Isaiah 34:17 (figurative); especially ק עַל׳נְטָה in building, Job 38:5 (figurative of earth), Zechariah 1:16 (יִנְּטֶה; "" יִבָּנֶה), so ק ׳יְצָא Jeremiah 31:39 (Qr; Kt קיה); ק ׳נָטָה of designing idol Isaiah 44:13; marking off for destruction, ק עַל׳נָטָה 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 34:11 (קַרתֹהוּ), ׳נ ׳ק Lamentations 2:8; so וְשַׂמְתִּ֫י לְקָ֔ו מִשְׁמָּט Isaiah 28:27. — קַוָּם Psalm 19:5 (AV their line. figurative of their domain) read probably קֹלָם their sound, Capp. 0l Che and now most. Isaiah 18:2, 7 see קוקו -below; 28:10, 13 see I. קַו.
קוה noun masculine Kt = II. קַו Qr; absolute (קֶ֫וֶה or קָוֶה) Zechariah 1:16; construct (קֶ֫וֶה or קְוֵה) 1 Kings 7:23; Jeremiah 31:39.