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1 Kings 7:26
“And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֲבִיʻăbîy · ab-ee'
H5672 · Hebrew
H5672 · Hebrew
- Definition
- density, i.e. depth or width
- Derivation
- or עֳבִי]; from H5666 (עָבָה);
- KJV renderings
- thick(-ness). Compare H5645 (עָב).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- עָבְי֣ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Chronicles 4:5Job 15:26Jeremiah 52:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֲבִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.