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 maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; it is round all about, and five by the cubit is its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about;2 Kings 21:13 · קָ֣וAnd I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish—he hath wiped, and hath turned it on its face.2 Chronicles 4:2 · וְקָו֙And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about.Job 38:5 · קָּֽו׃Who placed its measures—if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line?Psalm 19:4 · קַוָּ֗םInto all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,Isaiah 28:10 · קַ֥ו · לָקָ֖ו · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֑וFor rule is on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there,Isaiah 28:13 · קַ֤ו · לָקָו֙ · קַ֣ו · לָקָ֔וAnd to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured.Isaiah 28:17 · לְקָ֔וAnd I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.Isaiah 34:11 · קַֽו־And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness.Isaiah 34:17 · בַּקָּ֑וAnd He hath cast for them a lot, And His hand hath apportioned it to them by line, Unto the age they possess it, To all generations they dwell in it!Isaiah 44:13 · קָו֒He hath wrought with wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.Jeremiah 31:39 · קָ֤וAnd gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.Lamentations 2:8 · קָ֔וDevised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together—they have been weak.Zechariah 1:16 · וְקָ֥וTherefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.