HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5592
סַף
saph — basin
1) a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl 1a) basin, goblet
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Goblet
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A laver or trough for washing garments. In Cant. 7:2, a bowl or drinking vessel, a bowl for mixing wine; in Ex. 24:6, a sacrificial basin. (See CUP.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.