קֶרֶסqereç
hook, on edge of curtains of tabernacle, matching the loops (Exodus 26:6; Exodus 26:11; Exodus 36:13; Exodus 36:18; Exodus 26:33)
Pronunciation: keh'-res · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7165
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Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 26:6 Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
- Exodus 26:11 Then make fifty bronze clasps, and fasten the loops of the long curtains with the clasps. In this way, the tent covering will be made of one continuous piece.
- Exodus 26:33 Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 35:11 the Tabernacle and its sacred tent, its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;
- Exodus 36:13 Then he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.
- Exodus 36:18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).