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2 Chronicles 4

2 Chron. 4:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the flowers
perach (Hebrew #6525)
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
KJV usage: blossom, bud, flower.
Pronounce: peh'-rakh
Origin: from 6524
g, and the lamps
niyr (Hebrew #5216)
also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: candle, lamp, light.
Pronounce: neer
Origin: or nir {neer}
, and the tongs
melqach (Hebrew #4457)
from 3947; (only in dual) tweezers
KJV usage: snuffers, tongs.
Pronounce: mel-kawkh'
Origin: or malqach {mal-kawkh'}
, made he of gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, and that μperfect
miklah (Hebrew #4357)
completion (in plural concrete adverbial, wholly)
KJV usage: perfect. Compare 4356.
Pronounce: mik-law'
Origin: from 3615
gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
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Ex. 25:31• 31And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same. (Ex. 25:31)
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μ
perfections of gold.

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the flowers.Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant in flower; and the opening of the flower was either the lamp, or served to support it.
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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Ex. 25:31‑40• 31And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
 32And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof--three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;
 33three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.
 34And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
 35and a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.
 36Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself--all of one beaten work of pure gold.
 37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;
 38and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
 39Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils.
 40And see that thou make them according to their pattern, which hath been shewn to thee in the mountain. (Ex. 25:31‑40)
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Ex. 37:20• 20And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers; (Ex. 37:20)
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1 Kings 6:18,29,35• 18And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
 29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved sculptures of cherubim, and palm-trees, and half-open flowers, within and without.
 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 6:18,29,35)
perfect gold.
Heb. perfections of gold.That is, the purest and best gold.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);