Strong's Lexicon

H2053

H2053 — וָו

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewvavnoun mascOccurrences: 13TWOT: 520

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2053
Word:	וָו
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably a hook (the name of the sixth Heb. letter)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	vav
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	vaw
Meaning:	1. hook
KJV Renderings:	Not listed

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2252

[וָו] noun [masculine] hook, pin or peg (etymology unknown) — plural absolute וָוִים Exod 38:28 construct וָוֵי Exod 27:10 + 5 t.; וָיֵיהֶם Exod 26:32 + 5 t.; — only P , in description of tabernacle Exod 26:32; Exod 26:37; Exod 27:10; Exod 27:11; Exod 27:17; Exod 36:36; Exod 36:38; Exod 38:10; Exod 38:11; Exod 38:12; Exod 38:17; Exod 38:19; Exod 38:28, the hooks or pegs of gold and silver, fastened on, or in, the posts of the tabernacle, to support the various hangings (curtains, screens, etc.)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

וו (vahv)

Exodus 96:38

EHCC: 37. their hooks (shall be of) gold,

Exodus 27:10

KJV: And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

EHCC: It. the avert les pillars

Exodus 36:36

KJV: And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

EHCC: thety hooks (were of) golds

Exodus 38:10

KJV: Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

EHCC: 11, 12, 17. the hooks of the pillars