קָוֶה
qâveh · H6961 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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A measuring line, a line used for measuring the size of an object, sometimes used figuratively in the context of moral and ethical standards
This lexeme does not occur in the Old Testament text as tagged in standard critical editions.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוֹצָאgoing out 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 6
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מֵיתָר mêythâr · H4340 · cord, string
- The target lexeme and מֵיתָר both denote physical linear objects — cord or string versus line — used for similar purposes, functioning as near-synonyms.
- חֶבֶל chebel · H2256 · rope, cord, noose
- Both lexemes denote physical linear/cord objects and genuinely overlap in that narrow sense (cord/rope vs. line). However, חֶבֶל (chebel, H2256) has an exceptionally broad polysemy (eight different semantic domains: band, coast, company, destruction, lot, pain, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling), making the "cord" sense only one small facet of its total range. The relationship is real but narrow—קָוֶה (qâveh, H6961) overlaps with only one slice of חֶבֶל (chebel, H2256)'s sprawling semantic space.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Cords001003001001004
- This sense is shared with the closely related word qav (קַו (qav, H6957)); it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citations, which use it as the place name Kue rather than illustrating a line or cord.
- Dimension002001001020
- This sense is shared with the closely related word qav (קַו (qav, H6957)); it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citations, both of which name the place Kue as a source of Solomon's imported horses (1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:16).
- Sounds002004001009007
- This sense is shared with the closely related word qav (קַו (qav, H6957)); it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citations.
- Strong002001001063
- This sense is shared with the closely related word qav (קַו (qav, H6957)); it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citations.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0