Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H7165
קֶרֶס qeres
Hebrew word for “clasp” · Strong’s H7165 · used 10 times in 7 verses
Meaning
hook
How it is translated
Glosses given for qeres in context, with how often each is used:
- hooks 10
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 10 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 26 (3), Exodus 36 (2), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 39 (1)
Forms
- קרסי 4
- בקרסים 2
- הקרסים 2
- קרסיו 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qeres more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָבַר chavar “to unite” 4
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 4
- חֲמִשִּׁים chamishshim “fifty” 4
- אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 4
- אֶחָד echad “one” 4
- יְרִיעָה yeriah “curtain” 2
- קֶרֶשׁ qeresh “board” 2
- בְּרִיחַ beriach “bar” 2
- אֶדֶן eden “socket” 2
- עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 2
- נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 2
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 2
Key verses
The verses using qeres that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 26:6 — And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:11 — And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
- Exodus 26:33 — And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto…
- Exodus 35:11 — The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
- Exodus 36:13 — And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
- Exodus 36:18 — And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
- Exodus 39:33 — And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
See all 7 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.