Vav וָו

Vav (Hebrew וָו, Strong's H2053) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “hook”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Vav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 26:32
  And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
• Exodus 26:37
  And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
• Exodus 27:10
  And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
• Exodus 27:11
  And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
• Exodus 27:17
  All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
• Exodus 36:36
  And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.
• Exodus 36:38
  And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
• Exodus 38:10
  Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
• Exodus 38:11
  And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
• Exodus 38:12
  And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
• Exodus 38:17
  And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
• Exodus 38:19
  And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
• Exodus 38:28
  And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).