Smith's Bible Dictionary
Cab[MEASURES]
ATS Bible Dictionary
CabA Hebrew measure, the sixth part of a seah, and the eighteenth part of an ephah. A cab contained three pints and one third, of our wine measure, or two pints and five sixths, of our corn measure, 2 Kings 6:25.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hollow (R.V., "kab"), occurs only in
2 Kings 6:25; a dry measure, the sixth part of a seah, and the eighteenth part of an ephah, equal to about two English quarts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.
2. (n.) The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.
3. (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CABSee KAB.
Strong's Hebrew
6894. qab -- kab (a measure of capacity)... cab. From qabab; a hollow, ie Vessel used as a (dry) measure --
cab. see
HEBREW qabab. 6893, 6894. qab. 6895 . Strong's Numbers.
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Diamond Became a Great Favourite with all the Men About the Mews. ...
... And if ever there was a boy who had a chance of being a prodigy at cab-driving,
Diamond was that boy, for the strife came to be who should have him out with ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 17 diamond became a.htm
After this Diamond Recovered So Fast, that in a Few Days He was ...
... "Why don't you set up for yourself now"-in the cab line, I mean?". "I haven't enough
for that," answered Diamond's father. ... And there's the cab too. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 14 after this diamond.htm
The Children were Delighted with the Story, and Made Many Amusing ...
... There wouldn't be much good in teaching her to drive a cab, for where would she
get the cab to drive? ... "How could he drive a cab if he wasn't?". ...
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He Got up in the Morning as Soon as He Heard the Men Moving In...
... The cheer brought his mother to the window, and there she saw her little
boy setting out alone with the cab in the gray of morning. ...
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One Day when Old Diamond was Standing with his Nose in his Bag ...
... Diamond was standing with his nose in his bag between Pall Mall and Cockspur Street,
and his master was reading the newspaper on the box of his cab, which was ...
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The Next Morning Diamond was up Almost as Early as Before. ...
... But he was too well aware of his dignity to get inside his cab as some do. ... For a
fortnight Diamond went on driving his cab, and keeping his family. ...
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The Wind Blew Loud, but Diamond Slept a Deep Sleep...
... When his father had finished his breakfast, which he did rather in a hurry, he got
up and went down into the yard to get out his horse and put him to the cab. ...
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Scientific Education: Notes of an After-Dinner Speech.
... THACKERAY, talking of after-dinner speeches, has lamented that "one never can recollect
the fine things one thought of in the cab," in going to the place of ...
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A Few Nights after This, Diamond Woke up Suddenly...
... And Diamond will be so happy too! And when Diamond's a man, he'll take baby
out with him on the box, and teach him to drive a cab.". ...
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The Shepherd among his Flock
... and this man shall be our peace." "Micah 5:4. 3. A Cincinnati taxi-cab
driver said to me, "Frank Nelson was sure a real man. If ...
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Thesaurus
Cab (1 Occurrence)... over two (2.37) pints. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
CAB. See KAB.
Multi-Version Concordance
Cab (1 Occurrence). 2 Kings 6:25
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... KAB. kab (qabh, "something hollowed out," 2 Kings 6:25; the King James Version Cab):
A Hebrew dry measure and liquid measure equal to about 2 quarts. ...
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Lud (10 Occurrences)
... Lud, again, is mentioned with Ethiopia (Gush), Put, all the mingled people, Cab,
and the children of the land which is in league (or, margin "the land of the ...
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Ludim (3 Occurrences)
... Lud, again, is mentioned with Ethiopia (Gush), Put, all the mingled people, Cab,
and the children of the land which is in league (or, margin "the land of the ...
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Fourscore (33 Occurrences)
... 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 of dove's ...
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Dovesdung (1 Occurrence)
... there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the
head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung ...
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Cabbon (1 Occurrence)
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Caanan (3 Occurrences)
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Ass's (7 Occurrences)
... 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 of dove's ...
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Stand (542 Occurrences)
... waiting for something. 27. (n.) A station in a city or town where carriages
or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. 28. (n.) A ...
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Bible Concordance
Cab (1 Occurrence)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 of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
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Subtopics
Cab
Cab: A Dry Measure Containing About One Quart
Related Terms
Kab (1 Occurrence)
Lud (10 Occurrences)
Ludim (3 Occurrences)
Fourscore (33 Occurrences)
Dovesdung (1 Occurrence)
Cabbon (1 Occurrence)
Caanan (3 Occurrences)
Ass's (7 Occurrences)
Stand (542 Occurrences)
Silver-pieces (6 Occurrences)
Silverlings (24 Occurrences)
Worth (36 Occurrences)
Laying (87 Occurrences)
Ass (95 Occurrences)
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