Dish
קְעָרָהStrong’s H7086qearah (qe-a-rah)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qearah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dish of”, “dishes its” and “dishes”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.”
Meaning
- Dish, platter
How it's translated
- a dish of 12
- dishes its 2
- the dishes 1
- dishes of 1
- the dish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 15
- Exodus 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 37:16And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
- Numbers 4:7And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
- Numbers 7:13And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Numbers 7:19He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Numbers 7:25His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Numbers 7:31His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Hebrew dictionary
קְעָרָה qearah · dish
dish, platter
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISH, noun
[Gr., Latin It is the same word as disk and desk, and seems to signify something flat, plain or extended.]
- A broad open vessel, made of various materials, used for serving up meat and various kinds of food at the table.
- The meat or provisions served in a dish Hence, any particular kind of food.
- Among miners, a trough in which ore is measure, about 28 inches long, 4 deep and 6 wide.
All definitions and other forms of “dish”
DISH, verb transitive
To put in a dish; as, the meat is all dished, and ready for the table.
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.