עָב
av · canopy, architrave (?)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5646 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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av (עָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “canopy, architrave (?)”.
An architectural piece of uncertain sense: something that covered or shaded in front of the columns (eave, architrave or threshold).
How to say it
av
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A projecting roof over an entrance; the word is not fully understood.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- canopy ×2
- canopies ×1
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 7:6
And the portico of the Pillars he made: fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its width; and a portico in front of them, with pillars and a canopy in front of them.
- Ezekiel 41:25
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like those made on the walls; and there was a canopy of wood in front of the portico outside.
- Ezekiel 41:26
And there were closed windows and palm trees on this side and on that side, on the sides of the portico, and the side chambers of the house, and the canopies.