KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Exodus 27:16–18
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Exodus 27:16
16¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
16¶ And for the gate of the Court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen, wrought with needle worke: and their pillars shall be foure, and their sockets foure.
Exodus 27:17
17All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
17All the pillars round about the Court shalbe filletted with siluer: their hookes shalbe of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.
Exodus 27:18
18¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
18¶ The length of the Court shalbe an hundred cubits, and the breadth †fiftie euery where, and the height fiue cubits of fine twined linnen, and their sockets of brasse.
- Hebr. fifty by fiftie.
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DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 27:16
An enclosed yard, a royal residence or attendants, or a place of judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A curtain or drapery hung as a screen, entrance covering, or enclosure.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One of the seven colors, into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Twisted; wound round.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
needlework
Work executed with a needle, especially embroidery.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The number following three and preceding five.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Supporting bases or hollow holders into which other parts are set, especially the bases of the tabernacle boards and pillars.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 27:17
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An enclosed yard, a royal residence or attendants, or a place of judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Encircled, bound, or adorned with a band or narrow strip.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Curved instruments used for catching, fastening, or drawing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Supporting bases or hollow holders into which other parts are set, especially the bases of the tabernacle boards and pillars.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 27:18
The extent from one end to another; also duration or a stated span of time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An enclosed yard, a royal residence or attendants, or a place of judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number equal to ten times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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 equal to five times ten.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Elevation, vertical extent, high position, or exalted degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following four and preceding six.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Twisted; wound round.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Supporting bases or hollow holders into which other parts are set, especially the bases of the tabernacle boards and pillars.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study36And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
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Open the full verse study31¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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Open the full verse study39¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
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Open the full verse study37¶ And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
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Open the full verse study29And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Open the full verse study30Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
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Open the full verse study14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
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