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1 Kings 7:16

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← 1 Kings 7:15	1 Kings 7:16 (KJV)	1 Kings 7:17 →
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.	And he made two chapiters [of] molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter [was] five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter [was] five cubits:	[And] nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which [were] upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he made^H6213 two^H8147 chapiters^H3805 of molten^H3332 brass^H5178, to set^H5414 upon the tops^H7218 of the pillars^H5982: the height^H6967 of the one^H259 chapiter^H3805 was five^H2568 cubits^H520, and the height^H6967 of the other^H8145 chapiter^H3805 was five^H2568 cubits^H520:

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Original Hebrew

וּשְׁתֵּי כֹתָרֹת עָשָׂה לָתֵת עַל־רָאשֵׁי הָעַמּוּדִים מֻצַק נְחֹשֶׁת חָמֵשׁ אַמֹּות קֹומַת הַכֹּתֶרֶת הָאֶחָת וְחָמֵשׁ אַמֹּות קֹומַת הַכֹּתֶרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/שְׁתֵּ֨י	u./she.Tei	H8147	HC/Acfdc	and/ two
כֹתָרֹ֜ת	kho.ta.Rot	H3805	HNcfpa	capitals
עָשָׂ֗ה	'a.Sah	H6213	HVqp3ms	he made
לָ/תֵ֛ת	la./Tet	H5414	HR/Vqc	to/ put
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
רָאשֵׁ֥י	ra.Shei	H7218	HNcmpc	(the) tops of
הָֽ/עַמּוּדִ֖ים	ha./'a.mu.Dim	H5982	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ pillars
מֻצַ֣ק	mu.Tzak	H3332	HVHsmsc	casting of
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze
חָמֵ֣שׁ	cha.Mesh	H2568	HAcfsa	(was) five
אַמּ֗וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	cubits
קוֹמַת֙	ko.Mat	H6967	HNcfsc	(the) height of
הַ/כֹּתֶ֣רֶת	ha./ko.Te.ret	H3805	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ capital
הָ/אֶחָ֔ת	ha./'e.Chat	H259	HTd/Acfsa	(the)/ one
וְ/חָמֵ֣שׁ	ve./cha.Mesh	H2568	HC/Acfsa	and/ (was) five
אַמּ֔וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	cubits
קוֹמַ֖ת	ko.Mat	H6967	HNcfsc	(the) height of
הַ/כֹּתֶ֥רֶת	ha./ko.Te.ret	H3805	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ capital
הַ/שֵּׁנִֽית	ha./she.Nit	H8145	HTd/Aofsa	(the)/ second

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; 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); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H3332 — יָצַק (yâtsaq, yaw-tsak'): a primitive root; properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard; cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
• H3805 — כֹתֶרֶת (kôthereth, ko-theh'-reth): feminine active participle of כָּתַר; the capital of a column; chapiter.
• H5178 — נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, nekh-o'-sheth): for נְחוּשָׁה; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver); brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5982 — עַמּוּד (ʻammûwd, am-mood'): or עַמֻּד; from עָמַד; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform; [idiom] apiece, pillar.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6967 — קוֹמָה (qôwmâh, ko-maw'): from קוּם; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8145 — שֵׁנִי (shênîy, shay-nee'): from שָׁנָה; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again; again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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