Av עָב

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Av
עָב
Transliterationav
Strong's numberH5646
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossthreshold
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (2)

Av (Hebrew עָב, Strong's H5646) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “threshold”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) an architectural term
1a) meaning uncertain; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, threshold

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

Translated as

KJVbeam (1), thick (1), planks (1)
BSBcanopy (2), also had canopies (1)

Verses

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

1 Kings

Ezekiel

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).
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