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1 Kings 7

1 Kings 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• 21And as to the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. (Jer. 52:21)
with flowers.
1 Kings 7:19• 19And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work as in the porch, four cubits. (1 Kings 7:19)
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1 Kings 6:18,32,35• 18And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
 32The two doors were of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees and half-open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.
 35And he carved on them cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers; and overlaid them with gold fitted on the carved work. (1 Kings 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 Kings 7:38• 38And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; every laver was four cubits; upon every one of the ten bases one laver. (1 Kings 7:38)
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2 Chron. 4:5• 5And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim like the work of the brim of a cup, with lily-blossoms; in capacity it held three thousand baths. (2 Chron. 4:5)
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Ezek. 45:14• 14and the set portion of oil, by the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of a cor, which is a homer of ten baths, for ten baths are a homer; (Ezek. 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.