Word Study · Strong's H5646 · Hebrew
עָב
ab
awb
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâb
“an architrave (as shading the pillars)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an architrave (as shading the pillars)
Rendered in the KJV as
thick (beam, plant).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וְהָעֻבִּֽים׃1
- וְעָ֖ב1
- וְעָ֥ב1
How it is rendered · 3
- and a threshold1
- and a threshold of1
- and the thresholds1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
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- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
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Where this word lives
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Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 41:25וְעָ֥בveavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.here: and a threshold of
- Ezekiel 41:26וְהָעֻבִּֽים׃vehaubimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThere were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.here: and the thresholds
Same headword in Strong's