TBESH · H6957A
קַו · qav · cord
1) line, measuring-line 2) (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless
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qav H6957
קַו (qav) means “cord” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
קַו Hebrew · H6957 21 tagged occurrences in 15 verses
Pronunciation guide: kav Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H6957B
קַו · qav · line
1) cord, line, measuring-line 1a) cord 1b) measuring-line
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or קָו; from H6960 (קָוָה) (compare H6961 (קָוֶה)); a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
KJV glosses: line. Compare H6978 (קַו־קַו)lemma קַו־קַי yod, corrected to קַו־קַו.
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How translators render H6957
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a measuring line | 4 |
| line | 4 |
| on line | 4 |
| the measuring line | 2 |
| by measure | 1 |
| from a powerful | 1 |
| in circumference | 1 |
| their voice | 1 |
| to a powerful | 1 |
| with a measuring line | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| line | 5 |
| upon line | 4 |
| and a line | 2 |
| the line | 2 |
| a line | 1 |
| it unto them by line | 1 |
| rule | 1 |
| that had the line | 1 |
| their line | 1 |
| thereof and a line | 1 |
| to the line | 1 |
| upon it the line | 1 |
Verses containing H6957
Page 1 of 1. 15 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- 1 Kings 7:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 21:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 4:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
Read word by word - Job 38:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
Read word by word - Psalms 19:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.5
- Isaiah 28:10
· BSB · 4 occurrences
For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 28:13
· BSB · 4 occurrences
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
Read word by word - Isaiah 28:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Read word by word - Isaiah 34:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
Read word by word - Isaiah 34:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
Read word by word - Lamentations 2:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 47:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
Read word by word - Zechariah 1:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
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