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1 Kings 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And all the ζdoors
pethach (Hebrew #6607)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV usage: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Pronounce: peh'-thakh
Origin: from 6605
and posts
mzuwzah (Hebrew #4201)
from the same as 2123; a door-post (as prominent)
KJV usage: (door, side) post.
Pronounce: mez-oo-zaw'
Origin: or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}
were square
raba` (Hebrew #7251)
properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of 7253; to be quadrate
KJV usage: (four-)square(-d).
Pronounce: raw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7250 through the idea of sprawling "at all fours" (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare 702)
, with the windows
sheqeph (Hebrew #8260)
a loophole (for looking out), to admit light and air
KJV usage: window.
Pronounce: sheh'-kef
Origin: from 8259
: and light
mechezah (Hebrew #4237)
a window
KJV usage: light.
Pronounce: mekh-ez-aw'
Origin: from 2372
was against
muwl (Hebrew #4136)
or mowtl (Nehemiah 12:38) {mole}; or mul (Numbers 22:5) {mool}; from 4135; properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
KJV usage: (over) against, before, (fore-)front, from, (God-)ward, toward, with.
Pronounce: mool
Origin: or mowl (Deuteronomy 1:1) {mole}
light
mechezah (Hebrew #4237)
a window
KJV usage: light.
Pronounce: mekh-ez-aw'
Origin: from 2372
in three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
ranks
pa`am (Hebrew #6471)
amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Pronounce: pah'-am
Origin: or (feminine) pa
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or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect.

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Light,
Three,
Window

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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doors and posts were square, with the windows.
or, spacesand pillars were square in prospect.
1 Kings 7:5• 5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. (1 Kings 7:5)
• The windows were opposite one another; that is to say, we have reason to think that some faced outward and the others inward toward the building itself, facing the porch. (“Solomon?s Houses: 1 Kings 7:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all the doors and posts were square, with an architravec; and window was against window in three ranks.

JND Translation Notes

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Some say "made of cross-beams."