כַּרְכֹּב
karkov · ledge
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3749 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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karkov (כַּרְכֹּב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ledge”.
Or rim around the altar.
How to say it
kar·kov
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 rim running round the altar halfway up.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Exodus 27:5
You shall put it under the ledge of the altar, below, so that the network reaches halfway up the altar.
- Exodus 38:4
And he made for the altar a grating, a work of network of bronze, under its ledge, from below up to its middle.