1) line, measuring-line 2) (BDB) onomatapoetic mimicry of Isaiah's words, perhaps senseless
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H6957 — קַו
qav · cord · Hebrew/Aramaic
14 tagged verse occurrences
1 Kings 7:23 · וְקָו֙And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.2 Kings 21:13 · קָ֣וAnd I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.2 Chronicles 4:2 · וְקָו֙Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.Job 38:5 · קָּֽו׃Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?Psalm 19:4 · קַוָּ֗םTheir line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,Isaiah 28:10 · קַ֥ו · לָקָ֖ו · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֑וFor it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.Isaiah 28:13 · קַ֤ו · לָקָו֙ · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֔וTherefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.Isaiah 28:17 · לְקָ֔וAnd I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.Isaiah 34:11 · קַֽו־But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.Isaiah 34:17 · בַּקָּ֑וAnd he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.Isaiah 44:13 · קָו֒The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.Jeremiah 31:39 · קָ֤וAnd the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.Lamentations 2:8 · קָ֔וJehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.Zechariah 1:16 · וְקָ֥וTherefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.