1 Kings 7:26
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
It was a handbreadthטֶ֔פַח
(te·fach,)
2947: a span, handbreadth, copingfrom taphach
thick,וְעָבְיֹ֣ו
(ve·'a·ve·yov)
5672: thicknessfrom abah
and its brimוּשְׂפָתֹ֛ו
(u·se·fa·tov)
8193: lip, speech, edgefrom an unused word
was madeכְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה
(ke·ma·'a·seh)
4639: a deed, workfrom asah
like the brimשְׂפַת־
(se·fat-)
8193: lip, speech, edgefrom an unused word
of a cup,כֹּ֖וס
(ko·vs)
3563a: a cupof uncertain derivation
[as] a lilyשֹׁושָׁ֑ן
(sho·v·shan;)
7799: probably lily (or any lily-like flower)of uncertain derivation
blossom;פֶּ֣רַח
(pe·rach)
6525: a bud, sproutfrom parach
it could holdיָכִֽיל׃
(ya·chil.)
3557: to comprehend, containa prim. root
two thousandאַלְפַּ֥יִם
(al·pa·yim)
505: a thousanda prim. root
baths.בַּ֖ת
(bat)
1324: a bath (a Heb. measure)from an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
And it was an hand breadth
tephach  (tay'-fakh)
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not span of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm) -- coping, hand-breadth.
thick
`abiy  (ab-ee')
density, i.e. depth or width -- thick(-ness).
and the brim
saphah  (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
thereof was wrought
ma`aseh  (mah-as-eh')
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
like the brim
saphah  (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
of a cup
kowc  (koce)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye) -- cup, (small) owl.
with flowers
perach  (peh'-rakh)
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom -- blossom, bud, flower.
of lilies
shuwshan  (shoo-shan')
a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape): lily, Shoshannim.
it contained
kuwl  (kool)
to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain
two thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
baths
bath  (bath)
a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids -- bath.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.

King James Bible
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The reservoir was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom. It held 11,000 gallons.

International Standard Version
The reservoir, which held about 2,000 baths, stood about a handbreadth thick, and its rim looked like the brim of a cup or of a lily blossom.

NET Bible
It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The pool was three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, shaped like a lily's bud. It held 12,000 gallons.

King James 2000 Bible
And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was shaped like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
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