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וָו vav
Hebrew word for “hook” · Strong’s H2053 · used 13 times in 13 verses
Meaning
hook, peg, nail, pin
How it is translated
Glosses given for vav in context, with how often each is used:
- hooks 13
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 13 | 0.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 38 (6), Exodus 27 (3), Exodus 26 (2), Exodus 36 (2)
Forms
- וויהם 6
- ווי 6
- ווים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with vav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֶדֶן eden “socket” 12
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 13
- חָשׁוּק chashuq “ring” 8
- נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 9
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 10
- צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 5
- חָשַׁק chashaq “to desire” 3
- שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 3
- פֵּאָה peah “side” 3
- עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 4
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 4
- צִפּוּי tsippuy “plating” 2
Key verses
The verses using vav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 26:32 — And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
- Exodus 26:37 — And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five…
- Exodus 27:10 — And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
- Exodus 27:11 — And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the…
- Exodus 27:17 — All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 36:36 — And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
- Exodus 36:38 — And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
- Exodus 38:10 — Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
- Exodus 38:11 — And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their…
- Exodus 38:17 — And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all…
- Exodus 38:19 — And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
- Exodus 38:28 — And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.