Couple

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 ( 2 Samuel 13:6 , used loosely), and a couple of asses ( 2 Samuel 16:1 , 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 Exodus 26:6 , Exodus 26:9 , Exodus 26:11; Exodus 36:10 , Exodus 36:13 , Exodus 36:16 ). Couple is used in 1 Peter 3:2 to describe the joining of fear to chaste behavior (Hebrew ḥābhar ).