6957 - qav

Strong's Concordance

Original word: קָו
Transliteration: qav
Definition (short): line
Definition (full): a cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or qav {kawv}; from qavah (compare qaveh); a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord -- line. Compare qav-qav.

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see HEBREW qaveh

see HEBREW qav-qav

KJV: 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 turning it upside down.
NASB: 'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
KJV: 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 round about.
NASB: Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.
KJV: Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
NASB: Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
KJV: 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,
NASB: Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
KJV: For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
NASB: "For He says, 'Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.'"