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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 candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. (Ex. 25:31)
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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 the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. (2 Chron. 4:5)
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Ex. 25:31‑40• 31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
 32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
 33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
 34And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
 35And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
 36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
 37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
 38And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
 39Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
 40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. (Ex. 25:31‑40)
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Ex. 37:20• 20And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: (Ex. 37:20)
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1 Kings 6:18,29,35• 18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
 29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
 35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon 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);