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 Sam 13:6, used loosely), and a couple of asses (2 Sam 16:1, Hebrew tsemedh).

(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 Exod 26:6; Exod 26:9; Exod 26:11; Exod 36:10; Exod 36:13; Exod 36:16). Couple is used in 1 Pet 3:2 to describe the joining of fear to chaste behavior (Hebrew chabhar) .