KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Kings 7:21–23
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1 Kings 7:21
21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
21*And he set vp the pillars in the porch of the temple: and hee set vp the right pillar, and called the name therof †Iachin: and he set vp the left pillar, and called the name thereof †Boaz.
- That is, he shall establish.
- That is, in it is strength
- 2.Chr. 3.17.
1 Kings 7:22
22And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
22And vpon the top of the pillars was lillie worke: so was the worke of the pillars finished.
1 Kings 7:23
23¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
23¶ And he made a moulten Sea, ten cubites †from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, & his height was fiue cubits: and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it round about.
- Heb. from his brimme, to his brim.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Kings 7:21
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A house or place dedicated to divine worship; also the side of the head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Departed from, allowed to remain, or abandoned.
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1 Kings 7:22
The flowering plant called a lily in the KJV; the entry does not impose a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Completed; ended; done; perfected.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
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1 Kings 7:23
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Melted or made liquid by heat; also cast or formed from melted material.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The top of any liquor; the edge or that next the border at the top.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Elevation, vertical extent, high position, or exalted degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following four and preceding six.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A cord, thread, measuring line, boundary, extent, allotted sphere, or repeated course of instruction, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The number equal to three times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To go all round or all over; Circumference, circuit.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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Open the full verse study3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
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Open the full verse study12And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.
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Open the full verse study12¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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Open the full verse study48¶ And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
49The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
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Open the full verse study9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
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Open the full verse study24Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
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Open the full verse study7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
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Open the full verse study18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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Open the full verse study12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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Open the full verse study21And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
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Open the full verse study2¶ Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
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Open the full verse study13And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
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Open the full verse study17Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
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Open the full verse study8Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
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Open the full verse study18Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
19For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
20When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:
21So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
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Open the full verse study8¶ And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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Open the full verse study20The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
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