Joining
מַחְבֶּ֫רֶתStrong’s H4225machberet (mach-be-ret)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machberet is the Hebrew word usually translated “joined set” and “joining its”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.”
Meaning
- Thing joined, joint, seam, place of joiningthing joined · place of joining
How it's translated
- in the joined set 6
- joining its 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 7
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 26:5Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
- Exodus 28:27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
- Exodus 36:11And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- Exodus 36:12Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
- Exodus 36:17And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
- Exodus 39:20And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
Hebrew dictionary
מַחְבֶּ֫רֶת machberet · joining
1) thing joined, joint, seam, place of joining 1a) thing joined 1b) place of joining
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “joining” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JOIN'ING, participle present
tense Adding; making contiguous; uniting; confederating.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.