Av עָב
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| עָב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | av |
| Strong's number | H5646 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | threshold |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (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
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
| KJV | beam (1), thick (1), planks (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | canopy (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
- 1 Kings 7:6And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 41:25And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
- Ezekiel 41:26And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).