Kab
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KAB* According to Josephus, a dry measure equaling about a quart. Other authorities think the kab was larger (see 2 Kgs 6:25, nasb mg). See Weights and Measures.
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (767). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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KAB, CAB. A Hebrew dry measure equal to about two quarts (2 Kings 6:25). See Metrology.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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kab (kjv: ‘cab’), a measure of capacity in 2 Kings 6:25. From rabbinic information it was 1/18 of an ephah which is 1 1/16 of a quart. See also Weights and Measures.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (522). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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Kab (Heb. qaḇ)
A unit of measurement for dry wares and liquids (2 Kgs. 6:5; from Egyp. kb[?]). The Mishnah recognizes the kab as one sixth of a seah, an eighteenth of an ephah, or ca. 1.2 l. (1.3 liquid qt.). According to Josephus (Ant. 9.4.4), a kab would equal ca. 1.91 l. (2 qt.).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (759). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
