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Bowl

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4219

מִזְרָק

miz.raq — bowl

1) bowl, basin 1a) bowl (for wine) 1b) basin (vessel for throwing or tossing a liquid)

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GREEK · G5357

φιάλη

phialē — bowl

φιάλη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָק ;] a shallow bowl (= Lat. patera), used for pouring libations, etc.: Rev.5:8 15:7 16:1-17 17:1 21:9.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1543

גֻּלָּה

gul.lah — bowl

1) bowl, spring, basin 1a) basin 1b) bowl 1b1) of a lamp 1b2) of bowl shaped portion of capitals of pillars of the temple Also means: gol (גֹּל "bowl" H1531)

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GREEK · G5165

τρύβλιον

trublion — bowl

τρύβλιον (Rec. τρυβλίον), -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for קְעָרָה ;] a bowl, dish: Mat.26:23, Mrk.14:20 (Hippocr., Aristoph., Pint., al.).† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1531

גֹּל

gol — bowl

1) bowl, basin 1a) basin 1b) bowl 1b1) of a lamp 1b2) of bowl shaped portion of capitals of the two pillars in the temple

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5592

סַף

saph — basin

1) a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl 1a) basin, goblet

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H101

אַגָּן

ag.gan — vessel

1) bowl, basins 1a) basins used in ritual 1b) human body (metaph), curves of the body (simile) 1c) of family of Eliakim (metaph)

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GREEK · G8089

κρατήρ

kratēr — a basin

1. a mixing vessel , especially a large bowl, in which the wine was mixed with water , and from which the cups were filled, (Homer), etc.; οἶνον δ᾽ ἐκ κρητῆρος ἀφυσσάμενοι δεπάεσσιν ἔκχεον (Iliad by Homer); πίνοντες κρητῆρας drinking bowls of wine , (Iliad by Homer); κρητῆρα στήσασθαι ἐλεύθερον to give a bowl of wine to be drunk in honour of the deliverance, (Iliad by Homer); ἐπιστέψασθαι ποτοῖο, see. ἐπιστέφω. 2. metaphorically, κρατῆρα πλήσας κακῶν having filled a bowl full of woes, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. any cup-shaped hollow, a basin in a rock, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8112

κύαθος

kuathos — a cup

1. a cup , for drawing wine out of the κρατήρ or bowl, (Xenophon Historicus), etc. 2. a cupping-glass , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8464

οἰνοχόη

oinochoē — a female wine server

a can for ladling wine from the mixing bowl κρατήρ); into the cups, (Hesiod) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered “cup” (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine “pot” (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah’s vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).

Scripture references

Exodus 25:31Exodus 25:33Exodus 25:34Genesis 44:2Genesis 44:12Genesis 44:16Jeremiah 35:5Zechariah 4:2Zechariah 4:3Exodus 25:29Exodus 37:16

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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