H6957 · קַו
qav · kav · line, rule
H6957 (qav, pronounced kav) is the Hebrew word קַו in Strong’s dictionary: a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring. It appears 22 times in 14 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- קַו (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- qav
- Pronunciation
- kav
- Derivation
- or קָו; from H6960 (קָוָה) (compare H6961 (קָוֶה));
- Definition
- a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
- Rendered in the KJV
- line. Compare H6978 (קַו־קַו)lemma קַו־קַי yod, corrected to קַו־קַו.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
22 occurrences in 14 verses (20 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “a measuring line” ×4
- “line” ×4
- “on line” ×4
- “the measuring line” ×2
- “from a powerful” ×1
- “in circumference” ×1
- “it by measure” ×1
- “their voice” ×1
By book
2 Kings 1 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Job 1 · Psalms 1 · Isaiah 8 · Lamentations 1 · Ezekiel 1
Verses
- 2 Kings 21:13
- 2 Chronicles 4:2
- Job 38:5
- Psalms 19:4
- Isaiah 18:2
- Isaiah 18:7
- Isaiah 28:10
- Isaiah 28:13
- Isaiah 28:17
- Isaiah 34:11
- Isaiah 34:17
- Isaiah 44:13
- Lamentations 2:8
- Ezekiel 47:3
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6957.