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Pavilion

שַׁפְרִירStrong’s H8237

shaphrur (shaph-rur)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shaphrur is the Hebrew word usually translated “state tent his”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.”
Jeremiah 43:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Canopy, royal pavilionmeaning doubtful
How it's translated
  • state tent his 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    שַׁפְרִיר shaphrur · pavilion

    1) canopy, royal pavilion 1a) meaning doubtful

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “pavilion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PAVILION, noun

    pavil'yun. [Latin papilio, a butterfly, and a pavilion ]

    1. A tent; a temporary movable habitation.
    2. In architecture, a kind of turret or building, usually insulated and contained under a single roof; sometimes square and sometimes in the form of a dome.
    3. In military affairs, a tent raised on posts.
    4. In heraldry, a covering in form of a tent, investing the armories of kings.
    All definitions and other forms of “pavilion”
    1. Among jewelers, the under side and corner of brilliants, lying between the girdle and collet.

    PAVIL'ION, verb transitive

    To furnish with tents.

    1. To shelter with a tent.

    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.