2 Chronicles 4:5
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
שָׂפָה
Lip, edge, shore. Saphah. My lips shall praise You. The lips are the instrument of praise. What comes out of your mouth reveals the condition of your heart.
כּוֹס
a cup
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כּוֹס
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)
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חָזַק
holding
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חָזַק
To be strong, to strengthen. Chazaq. Wait on the LORD. Be strong. Let your heart take courage. God calls the weary to renewed strength through waiting.
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טֵפַח
was a hand breadth
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טֵפַח
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
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שׁוּשַׁן
a lily
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שׁוּשַׁן
a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
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כּוּל
it contained
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כּוּל
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
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בַּת
baths
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בַּת
a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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פֶּרַח
the blossom of
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פֶּרַח
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
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