Qab — H6894

Definition

masculine noun

a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure

1. a dry measure-cab, kab
1. about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah

Usually translated as

cab

Origin

from H6895

• Derived from Qâbab (H6895)

Occurrences

Qab occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1)

• 2 Kings 6:25 — And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab (הַקַּ֥ב) of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.