H594 אֲנָךְ (ʼănâk) an-awk'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

plumbline

Strong's Definition

according to most a plumb-line, and to others a hook

Derivation: probably from an unused root meaning to be narrow;

KJV Usage: plumb-line

TWOT Reference: 129.1

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) plummet, plumb, lead-weight

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֲנָךְ (a.nakh) — plumbline. plummet, plumb, lead-weight

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֲנָךְ (H0594)

noun m

Tools

plumb line = a weight suspended on the end of a string, ► used by builders to determine whether a wall was straight or not; ≈ often used in a figurative sense in the context of moral and ethical standards

AMO 7:7 · AMO 7:7 · AMO 7:8 · AMO 7:8

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲנָךְ n.[m.] plummet base

Bible Occurrences (2)

7:7 7:8

Amos 7:7

This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

Amos 7:8

Amos, what do you see? asked the LORD.... A plumb line, I replied. Behold, said the Lord, I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer... spare them: