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Exodus 37

Ex. 37:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
theg candlestick
mnowrah (Hebrew #4501)
feminine of 4500 (in the original sense of 5216); a chandelier
KJV usage: candlestick.
Pronounce: men-o-raw'
Origin: or mnorah {men-o-raw'}
of pure
tahowr (Hebrew #2889)
from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Pronounce: taw-hore'
Origin: or tahor {taw-hore'}
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
: of beaten work
miqshah (Hebrew #4749)
rounded work, i.e. moulded by hammering (repousse)
KJV usage: beaten (out of one piece, work), upright, whole piece.
Pronounce: mik-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 4748
made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
he the candlestick
mnowrah (Hebrew #4501)
feminine of 4500 (in the original sense of 5216); a chandelier
KJV usage: candlestick.
Pronounce: men-o-raw'
Origin: or mnorah {men-o-raw'}
; his shaft
yarek (Hebrew #3409)
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphem. the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
KJV usage: X body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
Pronounce: yaw-rake'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft
, and his branch
qaneh (Hebrew #7070)
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV usage: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
Pronounce: kaw-neh'
Origin: from 7069
, his bowls
gbiya` (Hebrew #1375)
a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of a flower
KJV usage: house, cup, pot.
Pronounce: gheb-ee'-ah
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be convex)
, his knops
kaphtor (Hebrew #3730)
probably from an unused root meaning to encircle; a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of a column, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
KJV usage: knop, (upper) lintel.
Pronounce: kaf-tore'
Origin: or (Am. 9:1) kaphtowr {kaf-tore'}
, and his flowers
perach (Hebrew #6525)
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
KJV usage: blossom, bud, flower.
Pronounce: peh'-rakh
Origin: from 6524
, were of the same:
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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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Ex. 40:24‑25• 24And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
 25And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:24‑25)
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1 Chron. 28:15• 15and the weight of the golden candlesticks, and of their golden lamps, by weight for every candlestick, and for its lamps; and for the silver candlesticks, by weight, for the candlestick and for its lamps, according to the use of every candlestick; (1 Chron. 28:15)
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2 Chron. 13:11• 11and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for *we* keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but *ye* have forsaken him. (2 Chron. 13:11)
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Zech. 4:2,11• 2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven lamps and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
 11And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left? (Zech. 4:2,11)
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Heb. 9:2• 2For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which were both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy; (Heb. 9:2)
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Rev. 1:12‑20• 12And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,
 13and in the midst of the seven lamps one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:
 14his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
 15and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;
 16and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.
 17And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; *I* am the first and the last,
 18and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.
 19Write therefore what thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to be after these.
 20The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps.--The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies. (Rev. 1:12‑20)
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Rev. 2:1‑5• 1To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps:
 2I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;
 3and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
 4but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
 5Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent. (Rev. 2:1‑5)

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Beaten-Work,
candlestick,
Gold,
Knops

Cross References

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the candlestick of.
Ex. 25:31‑39• 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. (Ex. 25:31‑39)
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Ex. 40:24‑25• 24And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, opposite to the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
 25And he lighted the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:24‑25)
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Lev. 24:4• 4Upon the pure candlestick shall he arrange the lamps before Jehovah continually. (Lev. 24:4)
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1 Chron. 28:15• 15and the weight of the golden candlesticks, and of their golden lamps, by weight for every candlestick, and for its lamps; and for the silver candlesticks, by weight, for the candlestick and for its lamps, according to the use of every candlestick; (1 Chron. 28:15)
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2 Chron. 13:11• 11and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for *we* keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but *ye* have forsaken him. (2 Chron. 13:11)
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Zech. 4:2,11• 2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven lamps and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
 11And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left? (Zech. 4:2,11)
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Matt. 5:15• 15Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house. (Matt. 5:15)
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John 1:4‑9• 4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
 5And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
 6There was a man sent from God, his name John.
 7He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
 8*He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
 9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man. (John 1:4‑9)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world, (Phil. 2:15)
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Heb. 9:2• 2For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which were both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy; (Heb. 9:2)
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Rev. 1:12‑20• 12And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,
 13and in the midst of the seven lamps one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:
 14his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
 15and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;
 16and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.
 17And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; *I* am the first and the last,
 18and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.
 19Write therefore what thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to be after these.
 20The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps.--The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies. (Rev. 1:12‑20)
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Rev. 2:1‑5• 1To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lamps:
 2I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;
 3and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
 4but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
 5Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent. (Rev. 2:1‑5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he made the candlestickb of pure gold; of beaten work he made the candlestick: its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of itself.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "lamp-stand," and so in vers. 18,19,20, and ch. 25.34.