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2 Chronicles 4:5
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2 Chronicles 4:5
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.
- Or, like a Lillie flower.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Chronicles 4:5
The state of being thick; denseness; density.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
handbreadth
A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The top of any liquor; the edge or that next the border at the top.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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 (PCE + 1611)
The blossoms of plants; also things compared to blossoms for beauty or brief duration.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Flowering plants noted for their beauty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To receive: to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Kept, possessed, maintained, restrained, or regarded, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number following two and preceding four.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Hebrew measures for liquids, each equal to one tenth of a homer.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study26And 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.
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