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Lexicon :: Strong's H5646 - ʿāḇ

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עָב
Transliteration
ʿāḇ
Pronunciation
awb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to cover
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TWOT Reference: 1552a

Strong’s Definitions

עָב ʻâb, awb; or עֹב ʻôb; from an unused root meaning to cover; properly, equivalent to H5645; but used only as an architectural term, an architrave (as shading the pillars):—thick (beam, plant).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5646 in the following manner: thick plank (2x), thick beam (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5646 in the following manner: thick plank (2x), thick beam (1x).

  1. an architectural term

    1. meaning dubious; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, threshold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָב ʻâb, awb; or עֹב ʻôb; from an unused root meaning to cover; properly, equivalent to H5645; but used only as an architectural term, an architrave (as shading the pillars):—thick (beam, plant).
STRONGS H5646: Abbreviations
† I. עָב, [עֹב] noun masculine architectural term, meaning unknown; projecting roof is conjectured (Sm Co Berthol); others landing (Da); AV RV thick beam or plank, RVm threshold; Benz Kit Toy leave untranslated; in any case a structure of wood; — absolute וְעַמֻּדִים וְעָב 1 Kings 7:6; apparently construct מֵהַחוּץ הָאוּלָם אֶל־פְּנֵי עֵץ וְעָב Ezekiel 41:25; plural (si vera lectio) הָעֻבִּים Ezekiel 41:26.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

7:6

Ezekiel

41:25; 41:26

H5646

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Strong's Number H5646 matches the Hebrew עָב (ʿāḇ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 -

He also made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits (75 ft.) and its width thirty cubits (45 ft.). There was a porch in front, and pillars and a threshold in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - And there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm decorations like those carved on the walls; and there was a [fn]threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - There were latticed windows and palm decorations on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch. Thus were the side chambers and the [fn]thresholds of the house.
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