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 · וְקָו֙He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.2 Kings 21:13 · קָ֣וI will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.2 Chronicles 4:2 · וְקָו֙He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.Job 38:5 · קָּֽו׃Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?Psalm 19:4 · קַוָּ֗םtheir voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.Isaiah 28:10 · קַ֥ו · לָקָ֖ו · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֑וFor they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”Isaiah 28:13 · קַ֤ו · לָקָו֙ · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֔וThen the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.Isaiah 28:17 · לְקָ֔וI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.Isaiah 34:11 · קַֽו־The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.Isaiah 34:17 · בַּקָּ֑וHe has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.Isaiah 44:13 · קָו֒The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.Jeremiah 31:39 · קָ֤וThe measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.Lamentations 2:8 · קָ֔וThe LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.Zechariah 1:16 · וְקָ֥וTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’