◄ H6957 ►
קו קו
Transliteration
qav; kav or qav
Pronunciation
kawv
Parts of Speech
n m
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1992, 1994a
KJV Translation Count — 21x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: line (20), rule (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. cord, line, measuring-line
a. cord
b. measuring-line
2. (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless
Strong's Definitions
qav, kav; or qav, kawv; from 6960 (compare 6961); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord: — line. Compare 6978.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a H6957 of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the H6957 of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a H6957 of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the H6957 upon it?
Their H6957 is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; H6957 upon H6957, H6957 upon H6957; here a little, and there a little:
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; H6957 upon H6957, H6957 upon H6957; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Judgment also will I lay to the H6957, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the H6957 of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by H6957: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.