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H6978 קַו־קַו (qav-qav) kav-kav'

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

might

Strong's Definition

stalwart

Derivation: from H6957 (קַו) (in the sense of a fastening);

KJV Usage: [idiom] meted out.

TWOT Reference: 1994b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) might

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קַוְקָו (qav-qav) — might. might

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

PSA 19:5

Sounds

note, music literally: line, extended to: string (of an instrument); hence, possibly: = the music produced by a stringed instrument

PSA 19:5

noun m

Strong | ≈ מְבוּסָה

Collocation: קַו־קָו

mighty, powerful, strong meaning unsure; possibly: = state in which a nation is described as strong and powerful

ISA 18:2 · ISA 18:2 · ISA 18:7 · ISA 18:7

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

Graham S. Ogden
Ryan Sikes

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קַוְקָו (or קַוְקַו, קָוְקָו) n.[m.] might (?) base

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