Strong H6957H6957Bקַו

Definition

General definition

In the Bible

Strong H6957B appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• line12
• rule1

First verses

1. 1 Kings 7:23
   And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
2. 2 Kings 21:13
   And 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.
3. 2 Chronicles 4:2
   Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
4. Job 38:5
   Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
5. Psalms 19:4
   Their 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,
6. Isaiah 28:17
   Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
7. Isaiah 34:11
   But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
8. Isaiah 34:17
   And 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.
9. Isaiah 44:13
   The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
10. Jeremiah 31:39
    And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
11. Lamentations 2:8
    The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
12. Ezekiel 47:3
    And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
13. Zechariah 1:16
    Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

Occurrences by book

• 1 Kings1
• 2 Kings1
• 2 Chronicles1
• Job1
• Psalms1
• Isaiah4
• Jeremiah1
• Lamentations1
• Ezekiel1
• Zechariah1