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.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, like a Lillie flower.
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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.
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2 Chronicles 4:5
The state of being thick; denseness; density.
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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.
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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.
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Sense 1: Blossoms of plants and flower-shaped ornaments or carvings. Sense 2: A woman's issue of blood during her time of separation.
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Flowering plants noted for their beauty.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).
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1. Kept or possessed. 2. Maintained. 3. Restrained. 4. Regarded or accounted.
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Hebrew measures for liquids, each equal to one tenth of a homer.
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4:2¶ 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.
4:2¶ *Also he made a molten Sea of ten cubites, †from brim to brim, round in compasse, and fiue cubites the height thereof, and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it round about.
4:3And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
4:3*And vnder it was the similitude of oxen, which did compasse it round about: tenne in a cubite compassing the Sea round about. Two rowes of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
4:4It 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.
4:4It 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.
4:5And 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.
4:5And 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.
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