פֶּקַע
peka · gourd (ornament)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6497 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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peka (פֶּקַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gourd (ornament)”.
An ornament in the shape of a ball or small gourd, carved in wood or cast in bronze.
How to say it
pe·ka
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 carved ornament shaped like a round fruit.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 6:18
And the cedar of the house inside had carvings of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar; no stone was seen.
- 1 Kings 7:24
And gourds below its rim all around surrounded it, ten to the cubit, encircling the Sea all around; the gourds were in two rows, cast in its casting.
And 1 more times.