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1 Kings 7

1 R. 7:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it was an hand breadth
tephach (Hebrew #2947)
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm- breadth (not "span" of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
KJV usage: coping, hand-breadth.
Pronounce: tay'-fakh
Origin: from 2946
thick
`abiy (Hebrew #5672)
from 5666; density, i.e. depth or width
KJV usage: thick(-ness). Compare 5645.
Pronounce: ab-ee'
Origin: or mobiy {ob-ee'}
, and the brim
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
thereof was wrought
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
like the brim
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
of a cup
kowc (Hebrew #3563)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV usage: cup, (small) owl. Compare 3599.
Pronounce: koce
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hold together
, with flowers
perach (Hebrew #6525)
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
KJV usage: blossom, bud, flower.
Pronounce: peh'-rakh
Origin: from 6524
of lilies
shuwshan (Hebrew #7799)
or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV usage: lily, Shoshannim.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: or showshan {sho-shawn'}
: it contained
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
two thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
baths
bath (Hebrew #1324)
a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids
KJV usage: bath.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: probably from the same as 1327
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Cross References

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an hand breadth.
Jer. 52:21• 21Cuanto á las columnas, la altura de la columna era de dieciocho codos, y un hilo de doce codos la rodeaba: y su grueso era de cuatro dedos, y hueca. (Jer. 52:21)
with flowers.
1 R. 7:19• 19Los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas en el pórtico, tenían labor de flores por cuatro codos. (1 R. 7:19)
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1 R. 6:18,32,35• 18Y la casa estaba cubierta de cedro por de dentro, y tenía entalladuras de calabazas silvestres y de botones de flores. Todo era cedro; ninguna piedra se veía.
 32Las dos puertas eran de madera de oliva; y entalló en ellas figuras de querubines y de palmas y de botones de flores, y cubriólas de oro: cubrió también de oro los querubines y las palmas.
 35Y entalló en ellas querubines y palmas y botones de flores, y cubriólas de oro ajustado á las entalladuras. (1 R. 6:18,32,35)
it contained.This immense laver, called a sea from it magnitude, held, at a moderate computation, 16,000 gallons.
Besides this great brazen laver, there were in the temple ten lavers of brass of a less size, which moved on wheels, and were ornamented with the figures of various animals, having, probably, always some relation to the cherubim.
These lavers were to hold water for the use of the priests in their sacred office, particularly to wash the victims that were to be offered as a burnt offering, as we learn from 2 Ch 4:6; but the brazen sea was for the priests to wash in.
The knops are supposed to have been in the form of an ox's head, (2 Ch 4:3;) and some think the water flowed out at their mouths.two thousand.
1 R. 7:38• 38Hizo también diez fuentes de bronce: cada fuente contenía cuarenta batos, y cada una era de cuatro codos; y asentó una fuente sobre cada una de las diez basas. (1 R. 7:38)
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2 Cr. 4:5• 5Y tenía de grueso un palmo, y el borde era de la hechura del borde de un cáliz, ó flor de lis. Y hacía tres mil batos. (2 Cr. 4:5)
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Ez. 45:14• 14Y la ordenanza del aceite será que ofreceréis un bato de aceite, que es la décima parte de un coro: diez batos harán un homer; porque diez batos son un homer. (Ez. 45:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim was like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; it held two thousand bathsi.

JND Translation Notes

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The "bath" equalled the "ephah" in capacity, Ex. 16.36; 2 Chron. 27.5.