2 Chronicles 4:5
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | And 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. | It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths. | And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and thickness its | וְעָבְי֣וֹ | ve-'a-ve-YO | H5672 | thicknessעֲבִי (a.vi) thickness |
| [was] a hand breadth | טֶ֔פַח | TE-fach | H2947 | handbreadthטֶ֫פַח (te.phach) 1) span, width of the hand, hand breadth 1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length 2) coping (an architectural term) |
| and lip its | וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ | u-se-fa-TO | H8193I | lipsשָׂפָה (sa.phah) : lips/mouth 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
| [was] like [the] work of | כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | ke-ma-'a-SEH | H4639G | deed: workמַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) : work/product 1) deed, work 1a) deed, thing done, act 1b) work, labour 1c) business, pursuit 1d) undertaking, enterprise 1e) achievement 1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) 1g) work, thing made 1h) work (of God) 1i) product |
| [the] lip of | שְׂפַת־ | se-fat- | H8193I | lipsשָׂפָה (sa.phah) : lips/mouth 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
| a cup | כּ֔וֹס | Kos | H3563A | cupכּוֹס (kos) cup |
| [the] blossom of | פֶּ֖רַח | PE-rach | H6525 | flowerפֶּ֫רַח (pe.rach) bud, sprout |
| a lily | שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה | sho-sha-NAH | H7799 | lilyשׁוּשַׁן (shu.shan) 1) lily 1a) probably any lily-like flower 1b) Shoshannim, in title of Ps 45:1 |
| holding | מַחֲזִ֣יק | ma-cha-ZIK | H2388H | to strengthen: strengthenחָזַק (cha.zaq) : strengthen/support/encourage 1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be strong, grow strong 1a1a) to prevail, prevail upon 1a1b) to be firm, be caught fast, be secure 1a1c) to press, be urgent 1a1d) to grow stout, grow rigid, grow hard (bad sense) 1a1e) to be severe, be grievous 1a2) to strengthen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make strong 1b2) to restore to strength, give strength 1b3) to strengthen, sustain, encourage 1b4) to make strong, make bold, encourage 1b5) to make firm 1b6) to make rigid, make hard … |
| baths | בַּתִּ֔ים | ba-TIM | H1324 | bathבַּת (bat) bath, a unit of liquid measure, equal to dry measure ephah (about 9 imperial gallons or 40 litres, rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount) Aramaic equivalent: bat (בַּת "bath" H1325) |
| three | שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת | she-LO-shet | H7969 | threeשָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) 1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (תְּלָת "three" H8532) |
| thousands | אֲלָפִ֖ים | 'a-la-FIM | H0505G | thousandאֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) : thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops |
| it contained | יָכִֽיל׃ ס | ya-KHIL | H3557 | to sustainכּוּל (kul) 1) to seize, contain, measure 1a)(Qal) to measure, calculate 1b) (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain 1b1) to sustain, support, nourish 1b2) to contain, hold in, restrain 1b3) to support, endure 1c) (Polpal) to be supplied 1d) (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure 1d1) to contain 1d2) to sustain, endure |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.