King James Version
Jeremiah 52:23 in the King James Version says “And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round ab...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 52 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.”
Jeremiah 52:23 · KJV
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. fillet: Heb. thread
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: door: Heb. threshold
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. were near: Heb. saw the face of the king principal: or, scribe of the captain of the host
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and all the pomegranates”
H7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
“and six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“on a side”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the pomegranates”
H7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the network”
H7639a net-work, i.e., (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustrade; also a reticulated ornament to a pillar
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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