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# קוּר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6980

**thread** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

thread [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6980/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קוּר²: n.m. thread, film [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6980/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 59:6 thread, film;—pl. cstr. קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ Is 59:5 they weave spider-threads, fig. of machinations of wicked, so sf. קוּרֵיהֶם v 6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: webs (2).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 59:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.5/#tree)

בֵּיצֵ֤י צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ הָאֹכֵ֤ל מִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙ יָמ֔וּת וְהַזּוּרֶ֖ה תִּבָּקַ֥ע אֶפְעֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* eggs of.a.viper they.have.hatched and webs of.a.spider they.weave the.\[one who\].eats any of their.eggs he.will.die and the.pressed \[egg\] it.is.hatched a.snake

*JPS 1917:* They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

[Isaiah 59:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.59.6/#tree)

קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־יִהְי֣וּ לְבֶ֔גֶד וְלֹ֥א יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂי־אָ֔וֶן וּפֹ֥עַל חָמָ֖ס בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* webs their not they.will.become (into) clothing and not people.will.cover.themselves with products their products their \[are\].products of.wickedness and deed\[s\] of.violence \[is\].in palms their

*JPS 1917:* Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall men cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6980.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6980/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).