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Lexicon :: Strong's H6957 - qāv

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קָו
Transliteration
qāv
Pronunciation
kav
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1992,1994a

Strong’s Definitions

קַו qav, kav; or קָו qâv; from H6960 (compare H6961); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord:—line. Compare H6978.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H6957 in the following manner: line (20x), rule (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H6957 in the following manner: line (20x), rule (1x).

  1. cord, line, measuring-line

    1. cord

    2. measuring-line

  2. (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קַו qav, kav; or קָו qâv; from H6960 (compare H6961); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord:—line. Compare H6978.
STRONGS H6957: Abbreviations
I. קַו only in קַו לָקָו Isaiah 28:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 28:13 (twice in verse), mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless.

† 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 (מִדָּה ק׳ Jeremiah 31:39): 1 Kings 7:23 (Qr; Kt H6961 קוה) = 2 Chronicles 4:2; Ezekiel 47:3; for marking off a possession inland Isaiah 34:17 (figurative); especially עַל נְטָה ק׳ in building, Job 38:5 (figurative of earth), Zechariah 1:16 (יִנְּטֶה; || יִבָּנֶה), so יְצָא ק׳ Jeremiah 31:39 (Qr; Kt קיה); נָטָה ק׳ of designing idol Isaiah 44:13; marking off for destruction, עַל נָטָה ק׳ 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 34:11 (קַרתֹהוּ), ק׳ נ׳ Lamentations 2:8; so וְשַׂמְתִּ֫י לְקָ֔ו מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 28:27. — קַוָּם Psalm 19:5 [Psalm 19:4] (AV their line. figurative of their domain) read probably קֹלָם their sound, Capp. Ol Che and now most.
[H6978 Isaiah 18:2, Isaiah 18:7 see קוקו];
Isaiah 28:10, Isaiah 28:13 see I. קַו above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

7:23

2 Kings

21:13; 21:13

2 Chronicles

4:2

Job

38:5

Psalms

19:4

Isaiah

28:10; 28:10; 28:13; 28:13; 28:27; 34:11; 34:17; 34:17; 44:13

Jeremiah

31:39; 31:39

Lamentations

2:8

Ezekiel

47:3; 47:3

Zechariah

1:16; 1:16; 1:16

H6957

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Strong's Number H6957 matches the Hebrew קָו (qāv),
which occurs 20 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line H6957 of Samaria and the level of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish—he wipes it and turns it upside down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - And he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and [fn]thirty cubits in [fn]its circumference H6957.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 -

Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or who stretched the line H6957 on it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 -

Their [fn]line H6957 has gone out through all the earth,

And their utterances to the end of the world.

In them He has placed a tent for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 -

“For He says,

‘[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line H6957 on line H6957, line H6957 on line H6957,

A little here, a little there.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 -

So the word of Yahweh to them will be,

“[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line H6957 on line H6957, line H6957 on line H6957,

A little here, a little there,”

That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 -

“I will make justice the measuring H6957 line H6957

And righteousness the level;

Then hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood,

And the waters will overflow the secret place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 -

But [fn]pelican and hedgehog will possess it,

And [fn]owl and raven will dwell in it;

And He will stretch over it the line H6957 of utter formlessness

And the [fn]plumb line of utter void.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 -

He has cast the lot for them,

And His hand has divided it to them by line H6957.

They shall possess it forever;

From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - Another crafts wood, he extends a measuring H6957 line H6957; he outlines it with [fn]a stylus. He makes it with planes and outlines it with a compass and makes it like the form of a man, like the glory of man, so that it may sit in a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:39 - “The measuring line H6957 will go out farther, straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -

Heth

Yahweh [fn]determined to bring to ruin

The wall of the daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line H6957;

He has not turned His hand back from swallowing up,

And He has caused rampart and wall to mourn;

They have languished together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 -

When the man went out toward the east with a line H6957 in his hand, he measured [fn]one thousand cubits, and he had me pass through the water, water reaching the ankles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - ‘Therefore thus says Yahweh, “I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; My house will be built in it,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and a measuring H6957 line H6957 will be stretched over Jerusalem.”’
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