וָו
vâv · vaw
a hook (the name of the sixth Hebrew letter)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably
a hook (the name of the sixth Hebrew letter)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hook.
Letters
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to fasten and establish › to fasten and establish
To fasten and establish that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of וָו above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the hooks6 · 46%
- their hooks4 · 31%
- and their hooks1 · 8%
- of it with their hooks1 · 8%
- hooks1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
- Exodus13
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.