ʻâb — H5646

Definition

masculine noun

an architrave (as shading the pillars)

1. an architectural term
1. meaning dubious; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, threshold

Usually translated as

thick

Origin

or ʻôb; from an unused root meaning to cover; properly, equivalent to H5645; but used only as an architectural term,

• Derived from ʻâb (H5645)

Occurrences

ʻâb occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), Ezekiel (1)

• 1 Kings 7:6 — And 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 (וְעָ֖ב) were before them.
• Ezekiel 41:26 — And 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 (וְהָעֻבִּֽים).