H6957 Hebrew

קַו

qav (kav)
a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord

KJV Translations of H6957

line. Compare H6978 (קַו־קַו)lemma קַו־קַי yod, corrected to קַו־קַו.

Word Origin & Derivation

or קָו; from H6960 (קָוָה) (compare H6961 (קָוֶה));

H6957 in the King James Bible

14 verses
Ezekiel 47:3 וְקָ֣ו

And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles.

1 Kings 7:23 וְקָו֙ה

And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

2 Chronicles 4:2 וְקָו֙

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.

2 Kings 21:13 קָ֣ו

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.

Isaiah 28:10 לָקָ֑ו

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

Isaiah 28:13 לָקָ֔ו

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Isaiah 28:17 לְקָ֔ו

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 34:11 קַֽו

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

Isaiah 34:17 בַּקָּ֑ו

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Isaiah 44:13 קָו֒

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.