The meaning of “בַּת”
Understanding bath reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably from the same as בַּתָּה bath. - a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids 1) bath, a unit o...
בַּת
probably from the same as בַּתָּה bath. - a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids 1) bath, a unit of liquid measure, equal to dry measure ephah (about 9 imperial gallons or 40 litres, rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings 7:38 | “Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.” Word: בַּת (bath) | |
| 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.” Word: בַּת (bath) | |
| Isaiah 5:10 | “Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.” Word: בַּת (bath) | |
| Ezekiel 45:11 | “The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.” Word: בַּת (bath) |
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