Loop
לוּלַיStrong’s H3924lulay (lu-lay)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lulay is the Hebrew word usually translated “loops” and “loops of”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.”
Meaning
- Loopused in attaching curtains to hooks
How it's translated
- loops 8
- loops of 2
- the loops 2
- in the loops 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 7
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 26:5Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
- Exodus 26:10And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
- Exodus 26:11And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
- Exodus 36:11And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- Exodus 36:12Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
- Exodus 36:17And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
Hebrew dictionary
לוּלַי lulay · loop
1) loop 1a) used in attaching curtains to hooks
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “loop” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOOP, noun
- A folding or doubling of a string or a noose, through which a lace or cord may be run for fastening.
- In iron-works, the part of a row or block of cast iron, melted off for the forge or hammer.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.