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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6894 - קַב

Transliteration

qab

Phonetics

kab

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H6895)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1977a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a dry measure — cab, kab

1a) about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

2 Kings 1

NAS (1)

2 Kings 1

HCS (1)

2 Kings 1

BSB (1)

2 Kings 1

ESV (1)

2 Kings 1

WEB (1)

2 Kings 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1416) b q (קב QB) AC: Pierce CO: Cavity AB: ?: The pictograph q is a picture of the sun at the horizon and the gathering of the light, the b is a picture of a tent and what is inside. Combined these mean "gather inside". A container or hole for storing or holding something. (eng: cave; cavity)

A) b q (קב QB) AC: ? CO: Cavity AB: ?

N^m ) b q (קב QB) - Qav: A standard of measure. KJV (1): cab - Strongs: H6894 (קַב)

N^f1) e b q (קבה QBH) - Stomach: As a cavity. KJV (1): maw - Strongs: H6896 (קֵבָה)

N^f2) t b q m (מקבת MQBT) - Hammer: A piercing tool. KJV (2): hammer - Strongs: H4718 (מַקֶּבֶת)

a^f1) e b q m (מקבה MQBH) - Hammer: A piercing tool. KJV (3): hammer - Strongs: H4717 (מַקֶּבֶת)

g^f1) e b f q (קובה QWBH) - Stomach: As a cavity. KJV (1): belly - Strongs: H6897 (קֹבָה)

o^f1) e b f q (קובה QWBH) - Tent: As a cavity. KJV (1): tent - Strongs: H6898 (קֻבָּה)

B) b b q (קבב QBB) AC: Pierce CO: ? AB: ?

V) b b q (קבב QBB) - Pierce: To pierce through creating a cavity. KJV (8): (vf: Paal) curse - Strongs: H6895 (קָבַב)

L) b q i (יקב YQB) AC: ? CO: Wine trough AB: ?: A boxed cavity below the winepress where the juice drains into.

N^m) b q i (יקב YQB) - Wine trough: KJV (16): winepress, press, fats, pressfat, wine - Strongs: H3342 (יֶקֶב)

Adopted Roots:

A2430 B q n (Pierce, Hole)
A2694 O b q (Drain, Bowl)
A2695 Y b q (Gather)
A2696 R b q (Bury, Grave)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

קַב noun [masculine] kab (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac

; Talmud קַבָא); — a measure of capacity, Biblical Hebrew only dry measure, רֹבַע הַקַּב 2 Kings 6:25 4-Jan kab; on size of קַב = 4 לֹג = 1/6 סְאָה = 1/6 הִין = approximately 2litres see Now^{Archaeology i. 202f.} Benz^{Archaeology 182}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

קַב m. prop. a hollow vessel (see the root קָבַב No. 1 compare cupa, Engl. a cup); hence a cab, used as a measure of dry things, 2 Kings 6:25 according to the Rabbins, the sixth part of a seah (סֵאָה); comp. Gr. κάβος, i.e. χοῖνιξ.

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List of Word Forms

הַקַּ֥ב הקב hakKav haq·qaḇ haqqaḇ