1 Kings 7:26

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1 Kings 7:26


← 1 Kings 7:25 1 Kings 7:26 (KJV) 1 Kings 7:27 →
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it was an hand breadthH2947 thickH5672, and the brimH8193 thereof was wroughtH4639 like the brimH8193 of a cupH3563, with flowersH6525 of liliesH7799: it containedH3557 two thousandH505 bathsH1324.


Original Hebrew

וְעָבְיֹו טֶפַח וּשְׂפָתֹו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה שְׂפַת־כֹּוס פֶּרַח שֹׁושָׁן אַלְפַּיִם בַּת יָכִיל׃ פ

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/עָבְי֣/וֹ
ve./'a.ve.Y/o H5672 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms and/ thickness/ its
טֶ֔פַח
Te.fach H2947 HNcmsa (was) a hand breadth
וּ/שְׂפָת֛/וֹ
u./se.fa.T/o H8193 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms and/ lip/ its
כְּ/מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה
ke./ma.'a.Seh H4639 HR/Ncmsc (was) like/ (the) work of
שְׂפַת
se.fat- H8193 HNcfsc (the) lip of
כּ֖וֹס
Kos H3563 HNcfsa a cup
פֶּ֣רַח
Pe.rach H6525 HNcmsc (the) blossom of
שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן
sho.Shan H7799 HNcbsa lili(es)
אַלְפַּ֥יִם
'al.Pa.yim H505 HAcbpa two thousand
בַּ֖ת
bat H1324 HNcbsa bath(s)
יָכִֽיל
ya.Khil H3557 HVhi3ms it contained
Strong's References
  • H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
  • H1324 — בַּת (bath, bath): probably from the same as בַּתָּה (battâh) H1327; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids; bath.
  • H2947 — טֵפַח (ṭêphach, tay'-fakh): from טָפַח (ṭâphach) H2946; a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm); coping, hand-breadth.
  • H3557 — כּוּל (kûwl, kool): a primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses); (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
  • H3563 — כּוֹס (kôwç, koce): from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye); cup, (small) owl. Compare כִּיס (kîyç) H3599.
  • H4639 — מַעֲשֶׂה (maʻăseh, mah-as-eh'): from עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh) H6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property; act, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
  • H5672 — עֲבִי (ʻăbîy, ab-ee'): or עֳבִי (ʻŏbîy)]; from עָבָה (ʻâbâh) H5666; density, i.e. depth or width; thick(-ness). Compare עָב (ʻâb) H5645.
  • H6525 — פֶּרַח (perach, peh'-rakh): from פָּרַח (pârach) H6524; a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom; blossom, bud, flower.
  • H7799 — שׁוּשַׁן (shûwshan, shoo-shan'): or שׁוֹשָׁן (shôwshân); or שֹׁשָׁן (shôshân); and (feminine) שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shôwshannâh); from שׂוּשׂ (sûws) H7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape); lily, Shoshannim.
  • H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת (sepheth); probably from סָפָה (çâphâh) H5595 or שָׁפָה (shâphâh) H8192 through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף (çôwph) H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
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Reciprocal references (1): 2 Chronicles 2:10

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