Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6957
קַו
qavkav
cord; line
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6957is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6957
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord
The King James renders it: line. Compare H6978 (קַו־קַו)lemma קַו־קַי yod, corrected to קַו־קַו.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qav is rendered "cord; line". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "cord".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 7:23He 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.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
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.
1 Kings 7:23וְקָו֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's twenty-one uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: cord, and line.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| cordStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Kings 7:23He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape… |
| lineStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and a measuring-line4
- line4
- to line4
- a measuring-line3
- a measuring-line of1
- by the measuring-line1
- into a measuring-line1
- line of1
- line their1
- measuring-line of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קַו־קַו | qav-qav | might | Uses4 |
The words it stands beside
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְקָו֙2
- קַ֣ו2
- בַּקָּ֑ו1
- וְקָ֣ו1
- וְקָ֥ו1
- לְקָ֔ו1
- לָקָ֖ו1
- לָקָ֑ו1
- לָקָו֙1
- לָקָ֔ו1
- קַ֥ו1
- קַ֤ו1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular5HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular4HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
1 Kings
one use
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.
- וְקָו֙ukevehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a measuring-line
2 Kings
one use
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.
- קָ֣וkavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: measuring-line of
2 Chronicles
one use
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.
- וְקָו֙vekavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a measuring-line
Job
one use
Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
- קָּֽו׃kavnoun · masculine singulartagged: a measuring-line
Psalms
one use
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.
- קַוָּ֗םkavamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: line their
Isaiah
twelve uses
For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”
- קַ֥וkavnoun · masculine singulartagged: line
- לָקָ֖וlakavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to line
- קַ֣וkavnoun · masculine singulartagged: line
- לָקָ֑וlakavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to line
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.
- קַ֤וkavnoun · masculine singulartagged: line
- לָקָו֙lakavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to line
- קַ֣וkavnoun · masculine singulartagged: line
- לָקָ֔וlakavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to line
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.
- לְקָ֔וlekavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a measuring-line
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.
- קַֽו־kav-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a measuring-line of
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.
- בַּקָּ֑וbakavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: by the measuring-line
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.
- קָו֒kavnoun · masculine singulartagged: a measuring-line
Jeremiah
one use
The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
- קָ֤וkevehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: line of
Lamentations
one use
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.
- קָ֔וkavnoun · masculine singulartagged: a measuring-line
Ezekiel
one use
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.
- וְקָ֣וvekavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a measuring-line
Zechariah
one use
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.’
- וְקָ֥וvekavahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a measuring-line
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.