קְוֻצָּה
qᵉvutstsâh · H6977 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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locks, tresses
Long locks of hair; associated with masculine beauty
ExamplesSong of Solomon 5:2 “I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the dew drops of the night.’
Song of Solomon 5:11 “His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
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
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יmy 1
- הוּhis 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תַּלְתַּלwavy (of hair) 1
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
- מַחְלָפָה machlâphâh · H4253 · lock, braid (of hair)
- Hebrew term for locks or braids of hair (used in Song of Songs 5:11), semantically parallel to קְוֻצָּה as both refer to locks or divisions of hair
- פֶּרַע peraʻ · H6545 · locks
- Hebrew term for long, flowing, or loose hair; related to letting hair hang loose, contextually overlapping with the concept of locks of hair
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6977. qevutstsoth [קְוֻצּוֺת] noun feminine plural locks of hair (√ obscure; Late Hebrew…
Sources
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