קֶצֶב

ketsev · form, shape; base

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7095 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

ketsev (קֶצֶב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “form, shape; base”.

Form, shape: the cut or make of something. Also the base, the bottom.

How to say it

ke·tsev

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

  1. The look and measurements given to something when it is made.
  2. The deepest part of the mountains, where their bases are set.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • form ×2
  • roots ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 6:25

    And ten cubits was the second cherub; one measure and one form had the two cherubim.

  • 1 Kings 7:37

    Like this he made the ten bases: one casting, one measure, one form for all of them.

  • Jonah 2:6

    To the roots of the mountains I went down; the earth, its bars closed behind me forever; but you brought up my life from the pit, YHWH my Elohim.