גָּבִיעַ
ge.vi.a
“cup”
Definition
a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of aflower
from an unused root (meaning to be convex);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
גָּבִיעַ appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.”So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
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