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כִּיּוֹר H3595

H3595 is the Hebrew word כִּיּוֹר, transliterated kîyôwr and said kee-yore'. The King James Version most often renders it laver.

Word: כִּיּוֹרTransliteration: kîyôwrSaid: kee-yore'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 20 verses

What it means

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.

Where it comes from

or כִּיֹּר; from the same as H3564 (כּוּר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

laver 13×lavers 5×both the laver 1×pan 1×under the laver 1×scaffold 1×like an hearth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.

Verses using כִּיּוֹר

All 20 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 30:18 · KJV

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

Exodus 30:28 · KJV

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

Exodus 31:9 · KJV

And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

Exodus 35:16 · KJV

The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Exodus 38:8 · KJV

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 39:39 · KJV

The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Exodus 40:7 · KJV

And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.

Exodus 40:11 · KJV

And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.

Exodus 40:30 · KJV

And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.

Leviticus 8:11 · KJV

And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.

1 Samuel 2:14 · KJV

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

1 Kings 7:30 · KJV

And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

1 Kings 7:38 · KJV

Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

1 Kings 7:40 · KJV

And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

1 Kings 7:43 · KJV

And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

2 Kings 16:17 · KJV

And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

2 Chronicles 4:6 · KJV

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

2 Chronicles 4:14 · KJV

He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

2 Chronicles 6:13 · KJV

For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

Zechariah 12:6 · KJV

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3595 mean?

H3595 is the Hebrew word כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr), meaning 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.

How is H3595 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it laver (13 times), lavers (5 times), both the laver (1 time), pan (1 time), under the laver (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3595 appear in the Bible?

כִּיּוֹר (kîyôwr) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3595 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or כִּיֹּר; from the same as H3564 (כּוּר).

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