2 Chronicles 4:5
And 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.
And the thicknes of it was an hand breadth, & the brim of it like the worke of the brim of a cup, ‖with flowers of Lillies: and it receiued and held three thousand baths.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, like a Lillie flower.
Narration uses the Pure Cambridge Edition.
PASSAGE SELECTION
Build from either side
Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE
Cross References
1 Essential passage is open for comparison.
From verse 5
- 1 Kings 7:26Rank 1 from verse 5
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.
WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE
Definitions
Open a word for its full definition and concordance.
DEFINED WORDS
2 Chronicles 4:5
The state of being thick; denseness; density.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
COMBINED MEANING
handbreadth
A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The top of any liquor; the edge or that next the border at the top.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Blossoms of plants and flower-shaped ornaments or carvings. Sense 2: A woman's issue of blood during her time of separation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Flowering plants noted for their beauty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Kept or possessed. 2. Maintained. 3. Restrained. 4. Regarded or accounted.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Hebrew measures for liquids, each equal to one tenth of a homer.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
READ BEFORE AND AFTER
Surrounding Verses
Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.
4It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
4It stood vpon twelue oxen: three looking toward the North, and three looking toward the West, and three looking toward the South, and three looking toward the East: and the Sea was set aboue vpon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
5And 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.
5And the thicknes of it was an hand breadth, & the brim of it like the worke of the brim of a cup, ‖with flowers of Lillies: and it receiued and held three thousand baths.
Selected passage6¶ 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.
6¶ 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.