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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

A Jewish dry measure, about a quart (2 Kings 6:25²⁵And 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. (2 Kings 6:25)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6894 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

qab

Phonic:

kab

Meaning:

from 6895; a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure

KJV Usage:

cab

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

2 Kings 6:25²⁵And 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. (2 Kings 6:25). The fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

The cab was a dry measure holding nearly two quarts.

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