H5646: עָב
ʻâb · pronounced awb · “threshold”
Definition
an architrave (as shading the pillars)
KJV translates it as: thick (beam, plant).
Word origin: or עֹב; from an unused root meaning to cover; properly, equivalent to H5645 (עָב); but used only as an architectural term,
Extended definition
1a) meaning uncertain; perhaps projecting roof, landing, thick beam, plank, threshold
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5646 is translated
- a threshold ×1
- a threshold of ×1
- thresholds ×1
Bible verses with H5646 (ʻâb)
ʻâb appears in 3 verses.
- 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 were before them.
- Ezekiel 41:25
And 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.
- 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.