קַו־קַו
kav-kav · might? (uncertain)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6978 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kav-kav (קַו־קַו) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “might? (uncertain)”.
A word of uncertain sense, probably "might" or "strength"; some take it as a repeated sound, "line upon line" or "measuring line".
How to say it
kav kav
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
- Might; a word of uncertain meaning.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 18:2
which sends envoys by the sea, and in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared from that time and onward, a nation of strength, strength, and of trampling, whose land the rivers divide.
- Isaiah 18:7
At that time tribute will be brought to YHWH Tsevaot, a people tall and smooth-skinned, and from a people feared from that time and onward, a nation of strength, strength, and of trampling, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of YHWH Tsevaot, Mount Zion.
And 2 more times.