כִּיֹּר

kiy.yorNoun (Masculine)H3595

basin

From: or כִּיֹּר; from the same as H3564 (כּוּר);

Short Definition

properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish forcoals or a caldron forcooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. pot, basin, laver, pan 1a) pot, caldron 1b) fire-pot, brazier 1c) basin, laver 1d) platform, stage

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

20 times

Appears 20 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Exodus
9
1 Kings
4
2 Chronicles
3
1 Samuel
1
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 7:30
  • 1 Samuel 2:14
  • 2 Kings 16:17
  • Exodus 35:16
  • Exodus 40:11

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.