Quick Definition
line
Strong's Definition
a (measuring) cord (as if for binding)
Derivation: from H6960 (קָוָה);
KJV Usage: line.
TWOT Reference: 1994a
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָוֶה (qa.veh) — line. line
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · קוה
Cords
measuring line = line ► used for measuring the size of an object; ≈ sometimes used in a figurative sense in the context of moral and ethical standards
1KI 7:23 · 2KI 21:13 · 2CH 4:2 · JOB 38:5 · ISA 28:17 · ISA 34:11 · ISA 34:17 · ISA 44:13 · JER 31:39 · LAM 2:8 · EZK 47:3 · ZEC 1:16
Dimension
extent literally: measuring line; hence, possibly: = the dimensions of an object, ◄ as if determined with the help of a measuring line
Sounds
note, music literally: line, extended to: string (of an instrument); hence, possibly: = the music produced by a stringed instrument
noun m
noun c
Sounds | ≈ צַו
Collocation: צַו לָצַו צַו לָצַו קַו לָקַו קַו לָקַו
tsade tsade qoph qoph = the letters tsade and qoph of the Hebrew alphabet recited as part of a kind of nursery rhyme; ≈ associated with childish behavior and therefore looked upon with contempt
ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:10 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 28:13
noun m
1 PSA 19:5 LXX φθόγγος SYM ἦχος VUL sonus NJPS "voice" = [4a] | DCH "chord > sound, music, melody, rhythm" | others read קֹולָם "their voice" 2 ISA 18:2 · ISA 18:2 · ISA 18:7 · ISA 18:7 RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV | NIV "of strange speech" NJPS of gibber (and chatter)" 3 1KI 7:23 · JER 31:39 MT-Q | MT-K קָוֶה = קַו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קוה n.m. Kt = II. קַו Qr base