KJV dictionary & concordance
Large basins or vessels set on bases and used for ceremonial washing, especially of things offered for burnt offerings.
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First occurrence: 1 Kings 7:38
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
¶ Then made hee ten lauers of brasse: one lauer conteined fourtie baths: and euery lauer was foure cubites, and vpon euery one of the ten bases, one lauer.
¶ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:
¶ And Hiram made the lauers, and the shouels, and the basons: So Hiram made an ende of doing all the worke that hee made King Solomon, for the house of the LORD.
And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
And the ten bases, and ten lauers on the bases.
¶ He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
¶ He made also ten Lauers, and put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offring, they washed in them, but the Sea was for the Priests to wash in.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the worke of burnt offering.
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
He made also bases; and lauers made he vpon the bases.
1611 marginal noteOr, caldrons.
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