Net
שָׂבָךְStrong’s H7639savakh (sa-vakh)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Savakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “network”, “networks” and “window-lattice”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.”
Meaning
- Network, lattice-work, net, nettinglattice · net-ornament (on pillars) · network, toils (for catching animals)
How it's translated
- the network 4
- a network 2
- and the networks 2
- the networks 2
- and a network 2
- networks 1
- to the network 1
- the window-lattice 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 5
- 2 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Job 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 7:18And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
- 1 Kings 7:20And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
- 1 Kings 7:41The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
- 1 Kings 7:42And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
- 2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
- 2 Kings 25:17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂבָךְ savakh · net
1) network, lattice-work, net, netting 1a) lattice 1b) net-ornament (on pillars) 1c) network, toils (for catching animals)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “net” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NET, noun
- An instrument for catching fish and fowls, or wild beasts, formed with twine or thread interwoven with meshes.
- A cunning device; a snare.
- Inextricable difficulty. Job 18:8
- Severe afflictions. Job 19:6
All definitions and other forms of “net”
NET, verb transitive
To make a net or net-work; to knot.
NET, adjective
[See Neat]
- Neat; pure; unadulterated.
- Being without flaw or spot.
- Being beyond all charges or outlay; as net profits.
- Being clear of all tare and tret, or all deductions; as net weight.
NET, verb transitive
To produce clear profit.
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.