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Exodus 38:17

“And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֶדֶןʼeden · eh'-den
H134 · Hebrew
Definition
a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
Derivation
from the same as H113 (אָדוֹן) (in the sense of strength);
KJV renderings
foundation, socket.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הָ — particle (definite article)
  • אֲדָנִ֣ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncmpa
Usage
Occurs 57 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 26:19Exodus 26:19Exodus 26:19Exodus 26:21Exodus 26:21

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 אֶדֶן here.

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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.