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1 Kings 7

1 Kings 7:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All these were of costly
yaqar (Hebrew #3368)
from 3365; valuable (obj. or subj.): --brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
Pronounce: yaw-kawr'
stones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
, according to the measures
middah (Hebrew #4060)
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
KJV usage: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
Pronounce: mid-daw'
Origin: feminine of 4055
of hewed stones
gaziyth (Hebrew #1496)
something cut, i.e. dressed stone
KJV usage: hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
Pronounce: gaw-zeeth'
Origin: from 1491
, sawed
garar (Hebrew #1641)
to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw
KJV usage: catch, chew, X continuing, destroy, saw.
Pronounce: gaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
with saws
mgerah (Hebrew #4050)
a saw
KJV usage: axe, saw.
Pronounce: meg-ay-raw'
Origin: from 1641
, within
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
and without
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
, even from the foundation
maccad (Hebrew #4527)
a foundation
KJV usage: foundation.
Pronounce: mas-sad'
Origin: from 3245
unto the coping
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
, and so on the outside
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
toward the great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
court
chatser (Hebrew #2691)
from 2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Pronounce: khaw-tsare'
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
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More on:

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Coping,
Court,
Measures,
Saws,
Stones

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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costly stones.
1 Kings 7:10‑11• 10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
 11And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. (1 Kings 7:10‑11)
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1 Kings 5:17• 17And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. (1 Kings 5:17)
• 1 Kings 7:9-12 connect the glory of these houses to that of the temple and of its inner and outer courts. The same precious stones were used for all these buildings. Their foundations were the same. No element entered in which did not correspond to the character of the Lord and of Solomon. (“Solomon?s Houses: 1 Kings 7:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All these buildings were of costly stones, hewn stones, according to the measures, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside as far as the great court.