Enclosure
עֲזָרָהStrong’s H5835azarah (a-za-rah)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Azarah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ledge”, “precinct” and “from the ledge”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.”
Meaning
- Enclosureledge (surrounding Ezekiel's altar) · court (outer one of temple)
How it's translated
- the ledge 4
- and the precinct 1
- for the precinct 1
- the precinct 1
- and from the ledge 1
- and the ledge 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- 2 Chronicles 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
- Ezekiel 43:14And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
- Ezekiel 43:17And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
- Ezekiel 43:20And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
- Ezekiel 45:19And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲזָרָה azarah · enclosure
1) enclosure 1a) ledge (surrounding Ezekiel's altar) 1b) court (outer one of temple)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ledge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEDGE, noun
- A stratum, layer or row.
- A ridge; a prominent row; as a ledge of rocks.
- A prominent part; a regular part rising or projecting beyond the rest.
- A small molding.
All definitions
- A small piece of timber placed athwart ships, under the deck between the beams.
- A long ridge of rocks near the surface of the sea.
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.