King James Version
1 Kings 6:33 in the King James Version says “So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. a fourth: or, foursquare” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. a fourth: or, foursquare”
1 Kings 6:33 · KJV
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. a fifth: or, fivesquare
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. two: or, leaves of the doors open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. a fourth: or, foursquare
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“of olive”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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