The meaning of “כִּיּוֹר”
Understanding kîyôwr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or כִּיֹּר kîyôr (kee-yore'); from the same as כּוּר hearth, laver, pan, scaffold. - properly, something round (as excav...
כִּיּוֹר
or כִּיֹּר kîyôr (kee-yore'); from the same as כּוּר hearth, laver, pan, scaffold. - properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish forcoals or a caldron forcooking - hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl - also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform 1) pot, basin, laver, pan 1a) pot, caldron 1b) fire-pot, brazier 1c) basin, laver 1d) platform, stage
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 38:8 | “And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.” Word: כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr) | |
| Leviticus 8:11 | “And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.” Word: כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr) | |
| 1 Samuel 2:14 | “And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.” Word: כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr) | |
| 1 Kings 7:40 | “And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:” Word: כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr) | |
| 2 Kings 16:17 | “And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.” Word: כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr) |
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