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1 Kings 7

1 R. 7:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he δcast
tsuwr (Hebrew #6696)
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
KJV usage: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: a primitive root
two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
pillars
`ammuwd (Hebrew #5982)
from 5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
KJV usage: X apiece, pillar.
Pronounce: am-mood'
Origin: or ammud {am-mood'}
k of brass
nchosheth (Hebrew #5178)
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
KJV usage: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
Pronounce: nekh-o'-sheth
Origin: for 5154
, of eighteen
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
shmoneh (Hebrew #8083)
feminine shmonah {shem-o-naw'}; or shmownah {shem-o-naw'}; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the "perfect" seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV usage: eight((-een, -eenth)), eighth.
Pronounce: shem-o-neh'
Origin: or shmowneh {shem-o-neh'}
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
high
qowmah (Hebrew #6967)
height
KJV usage: X along, height, high, stature, tall.
Pronounce: ko-maw'
Origin: from 6965
apiece
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
`ammuwd (Hebrew #5982)
from 5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
KJV usage: X apiece, pillar.
Pronounce: am-mood'
Origin: or ammud {am-mood'}
: and a line
chuwt (Hebrew #2339)
a string; by implication, a measuring tape
KJV usage: cord, fillet, line, thread.
Pronounce: khoot
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to sew
of twelve
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
did compass
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
either
sheniy (Hebrew #8145)
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
KJV usage: again, either (of them), (an-)other, second (time).
Pronounce: shay-nee'
Origin: from 8138
of them about
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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cast.
Heb. fashioned.
two pillars.
1 R. 7:21• 21Estas columnas erigió en el pórtico del templo: y cuando hubo alzado la columna de la mano derecha, púsole por nombre Jachîn: y alzando la columna de la mano izquierda, llamó su nombre Boaz. (1 R. 7:21)
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2 R. 25:16‑17• 16Las dos columnas, un mar, y las basas que Salomón había hecho para la casa de Jehová: no había peso de todos estos vasos.
17La altura de la una columna era diez y ocho codos y tenía encima un capitel de bronce, y la altura del capitel era de tres codos; y sobre el capitel había un enredado y granadas alrededor, todo de bronce: y semejante obra había en la otra columna con el enredado.
(2 R. 25:16‑17)
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2 Cr. 3:15‑17• 15Delante de la casa hizo dos columnas de treinta y cinco codos de longitud, con sus capiteles encima, de cinco codos.
16Hizo asimismo cadenas en el oratorio, y púsolas sobre los capiteles de las columnas: é hizo cien granadas, las cuales puso en las cadenas.
17Y asentó las columnas delante del templo, la una á la mano derecha, y la otra á la izquierda; y á la de la mano derecha llamó Jachîn, y á la de la izquierda, Boaz.
(2 Cr. 3:15‑17)
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2 Cr. 4:12‑22• 12Dos columnas, y los cordones, los capiteles sobre las cabezas de las dos columnas, y dos redes para cubrir las dos bolas de los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas;
13Cuatrocientas granadas en las dos redecillas, dos órdenes de granadas en cada redecilla, para que cubriesen las dos bolas de los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas.
14Hizo también las basas, sobre las cuales asentó las fuentes;
15Un mar, y doce bueyes debajo de él:
16Y calderos, y palas, y garfios; y todos sus enseres hizo Hiram su padre al rey Salomón para la casa de Jehová, de metal purísimo.
17Y fundiólos el rey en los llanos del Jordán, en tierra arcillosa, entre Suchôt y Seredat.
18Y Salomón hizo todos estos vasos en grande abundancia, porque no pudo ser hallado el peso del metal.
19Así hizo Salomón todos los vasos para la casa de Dios, y el altar de oro, y las mesas sobre las cuales se ponían los panes de la proposición;
20Asimismo los candeleros y sus candilejas, de oro puro, para que las encendiesen delante del oratorio conforme á la costumbre.
21Y las flores, y las lamparillas, y las despabiladeras se hicieron de oro, de oro perfecto;
22También los platillos, y las jofainas, y las cucharas, y los incensarios, de oro puro. Cuanto á la entrada de la casa, sus puertas interiores para el lugar santísimo, y las puertas de la casa del templo, de oro.
(2 Cr. 4:12‑22)
; JER 52:21-13
eighteen cubits.That is, nearly thirty feet, English measure.
But in the parallel place in Chronicles, these pillars are said to thirty-five cubits high.
Tremellius reconciles this difference by observing, that the common cubit was but one-half of the cubit of the sanctuary; so that eighteen of the one would make thirty-six of the other; from which, if we deduct one cubit for the base, there will remain thirty-five. Notwithstanding the names of these pillars, they seem to have supported no part of the building, and appear to have been formed for ornament; and were no doubt also emblematical.
The right pillar was called {Jachin,} which signifies, "He will establish;" while that on the left was named {Boaz,} "In it is strength."
Some think they were intended for memorials of the pillars and cloud of fire, which led Israel through the wilderness; but Henry supposes them designed for memorandums to the priests and others that came to worship at God's door. 1st.
To depend upon God only, and not upon any sufficiency of their own, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises.
2nd.
It was a memorandum to them of the strength and establishment of the temple of God among them. When the temple was destroyed, particular notice is taken of the breaking up and carrying away of these brazen pillars, 2 Ki 25:13, 17, which had been the tokens of its establishment, and would have been still so, if they had not forsaken God.
 They represented the outward manifestation of the principles of the kingdom. (Hiram and the Court: 1 Kings 7:13-51 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he formed the two pillars of brass; the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits encompassed the second pillar.