כְּבִיר
kevir · woven thing
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3523 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kevir (כְּבִיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “woven thing”.
Something woven or plaited: a net, a cover or a pillow of goats' hair. It appears only in 1 Samuel 19:13, 16 and its exact sense is not certain.
How to say it
ke·vir
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
- Something of goats' hair interlaced; perhaps a net or blanket.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 19:13
Michal took the teraphim and laid them on the bed, and a weave of goats’ hair she put at its head, and covered them with the garment.
- 1 Samuel 19:16
The messengers came in, and look, the teraphim were on the bed, and the weave of goats’ hair at its head.