Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6894 - קַב qab (kab (a measure of capacity))

Original Word:	קַב
Transliteration:	qab
Definition:	kab (a measure of capacity)
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(kab)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cab

From qabab; a hollow, i.e. Vessel used as a (dry) measure -- cab.

see HEBREW qabab

Englishman's Concordance

1) a dry measure - cab, kab
1a) about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6895
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1977a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

קַבnoun [masculine]kab (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac

; Talmud קַבָא); — a measure of capacity, Biblical Hebrew only dry measure, רֹבַע הַקַּב2 Kings 6:25 4-Jankab; on size of קַב=4 לֹג=1/6 סְאָה=1/6 הִין=approximately 2 litres see Now^{Archaeology i. 202 f.} Benz^{Archaeology 182}.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6894. קַב (qab) — 1 Occurrence
2 Kings 6:25
HEB:כֶּ֔סֶף וְרֹ֛בַע הַקַּ֥ב [חֲרֵייֹונִים כ]
NAS: and a fourth of a kab of dove's
KJV: and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung
INT: silver fourth of a kab doves' dung five

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