KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Kings 7:26–28
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1 Kings 7:26
26And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
26And it was an hand breadth thicke, and the brimme thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowres of lillies: it contained two thousand Baths.
1 Kings 7:27
27¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
27¶ And he made ten bases of brasse; foure cubites was the length of one base, and foure cubites the breadth thereof, and three cubites the height of it.
1 Kings 7:28
28And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
28And the worke of the bases was on this maner: they had borders, and the borders were betweene the ledges:
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Kings 7:26
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Width; the measure or extent of something from side to side.
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Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin; also, to a great depth or in close succession.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The top of any liquor; the edge or that next the border at the top.
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Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
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The blossoms of plants; also things compared to blossoms for beauty or brief duration.
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Flowering plants noted for their beauty.
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Held; comprehended; comprised; included; inclosed.
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The number equal to one and one.
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Hebrew measures for liquids, each equal to one tenth of a homer.
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1 Kings 7:27
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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The number following three and preceding five.
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The extent from one end to another; also duration or a stated span of time.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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Low in place, rank, condition, or character; also a foundation or lower supporting part.
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Width; the measure or extent of something from side to side.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following two and preceding four.
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Elevation, vertical extent, high position, or exalted degree.
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1 Kings 7:28
Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
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The edge, boundary, or limit of a country, region, garment, or object.
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In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
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From verse 26
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Open the full verse study5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
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Open the full verse study18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
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Open the full verse study32The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
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Open the full verse study35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
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Open the full verse study19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
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Open the full verse study38¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study14Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
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Open the full verse study21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
From verse 27
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Open the full verse study14He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
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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 study38¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study16The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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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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