קַו qav
Hebrew word for “line” · Strong’s H6957 · used 21 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) cord, line, measuring-line; 1a) cord; 1b) measuring-line
Senses in the lexicon
- line (13)
- cord (8)
How it is translated
Glosses given for qav in context, with how often each is used:
- measuring-line 11
- line 10
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 12 | 0.7 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 28 (3), Isaiah 34 (2), 1 Kings 7 (1), 2 Kings 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 4 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 19 (1), Isaiah 44 (1), Jeremiah 31 (1), Lamentations 2 (1)
Forms
- קו 10
- לקו 5
- וקו 4
- קום 1
- בקו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָטָה natah “to stretch” 6
- מִשְׁקֶלֶת mishqelet “level” 2
- זְעֵיר zeer “little” 2
- צַו tsav “command” 2
- עָגֹל agol “round” 2
- אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 3
- סָבַב savav “to turn” 3
- קוֹמָה qomah “height” 2
- הָ ha “her” 3
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
- שָׁכַן shakhan “to dwell” 2
- עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 2
Key verses
The verses using qav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 7:23 — 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 line of thirty cubits did…
- 2 Kings 21:13 — And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and…
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 — Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it…
- Job 38:5 — Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
- Psalms 19:4 — Their line 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,
- Isaiah 28:10 — For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
- Isaiah 28:13 — But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they…
- Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the…
- Isaiah 34:11 — 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 line of confusion, and…
- Isaiah 44:13 — The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after…
- Lamentations 2:8 — The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he…
- Zechariah 1:16 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched…
See all 15 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.