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1 Kings 7:27

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← 1 Kings 7:26	1 Kings 7:27 (KJV)	1 Kings 7:28 →
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.	And the work of the bases [was] on this [manner]: they had borders, and the borders [were] between the ledges:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he made^H6213 ten^H6235 bases^H4350 of brass^H5178; four^H702 cubits^H520 was the length^H753 of one^H259 base^H4350, and four^H702 cubits^H520 the breadth^H7341 thereof, and three^H7969 cubits^H520 the height^H6967 of it.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַמְּכֹנֹות עֶשֶׂר נְחֹשֶׁת אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַמְּכֹונָה הָאֶחָת וְאַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ וְשָׁלֹשׁ בָּאַמָּה קֹומָתָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ	va/i.Ya.'as	H6213	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he made
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/מְּכֹנ֛וֹת	ha./me.kho.Not	H4350	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ stands
עֶ֖שֶׂר	'E.ser	H6235	HAcfsa	ten
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת	ne.Cho.shet	H5178	HNcfsa	bronze
אַרְבַּ֣ע	'ar.Ba'	H702	HAcfsa	(was) four
בָּ/אַמָּ֗ה	ba./'a.Mah	H520	HRd/Ncfsa	by the/ cubit
אֹ֚רֶךְ	'O.rekh	H753	HNcmsc	(the) length of
הַ/מְּכוֹנָ֣ה	ha./me.kho.Nah	H4350	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ stand
הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ת	ha./'e.Chat	H259	HTd/Acfsa	(the)/ one
וְ/אַרְבַּ֤ע	ve./'ar.Ba'	H702	HC/Acfsa	and/ (was) four
בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙	ba./'a.Mah	H520	HRd/Ncfsa	by the/ cubit
רָחְבָּ֔/הּ	ra.che.Ba/h	H7341	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	breadth/ its
וְ/שָׁלֹ֥שׁ	ve./sha.Losh	H7969	HC/Acfsa	and/ (was) three
בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה	ba./'a.Mah	H520	HRd/Ncfsa	by the/ cubit
קוֹמָתָֽ/הּ	ko.ma.Ta/h	H6967	HNcfsc/Sp3fs	height/ its

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.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
• H4350 — מְכוֹנָה (mᵉkôwnâh, mek-o-naw'): or מְכֹנָה; feminine of מָכוֹן; a pedestal, also a spot; base.
• 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.
• 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.
• H6235 — עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser, eh'ser): masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from עָשַׂר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
• H6967 — קוֹמָה (qôwmâh, ko-maw'): from קוּם; height; [idiom] along, height, high, stature, tall.
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.

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

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• ten bases — 2 Kings 25:13, 2 Kings 25:16, 2 Chronicles 4:14, Jeremiah 52:17, Jeremiah 52:20

Reciprocal references (2): 1 Kings 7:43, 2 Kings 16:17

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ART, BRASS, CARVING, CHAPITER, HIRAM, MASTER WORKMAN, MECHANIC, TEMPLE

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