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kup´'l:
(1) Used as a noun, indicates two objects of the same kind that are considered together. Thus we read of a couple of cakes (, used loosely), and a couple of asses (, Hebrew cemedh).
(2) Used as a verb, it means to join or fasten one thing to another. This term occurs most frequently in the description of the tabernacle (see , , ; , , ). Couple is used in to describe the joining of fear to chaste behavior (Hebrew ḥābhar).