Word Study · Strong's H3595 · Hebrew
כִּיּוֹר
kior
kee-yore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kîyôwr
“properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish forcoals or a caldron forcooking”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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
Rendered in the KJV as
hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.
- 23occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 23 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- הַכִּיֹּ֖ר4
- הַכִּיּ֣וֹר3
- הַכִּיֹּ֔ר3
- בַכִּיּ֜וֹר1
- הַכִּיּ֖וֹר1
- הַכִּיֹּ֛ר1
- הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹת1
- הַכִּיֹּר֥וֹת1
- הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥ת1
- כִּיּ֥וֹר1
- כִּיּ֤וֹר1
- כִּיּ֣וֹר1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- the laver12
- the lavers3
- lavers2
- a laver1
- a laver of1
- a platform of1
- in the pot1
- like a pot of1
- to the laver1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular12
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 12
- HTd/Ncfpa · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 23, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus9 of 23 · 39%
- 1 Kings7 of 23 · 30%
- 2 Chronicles3 of 23 · 13%
- Leviticus1 of 23 · 4%
- 1 Samuel1 of 23 · 4%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus9 occurrences
- Exodus 30:18כִּיּ֥וֹרkiyornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,here: a laver of
- Exodus 30:28הַכִּיֹּ֖רhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.here: the laver
- Exodus 31:9הַכִּיּ֖וֹרhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand—here: the laver
- Exodus 35:16הַכִּיֹּ֖רhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;here: the laver
- Exodus 38:8הַכִּיּ֣וֹרhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNext he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.here: the laver
- Exodus 39:39הַכִּיֹּ֖רhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;here: the laver
- Exodus 40:7הַכִּיֹּ֔רhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.here: the laver
- Exodus 40:11הַכִּיֹּ֖רhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.here: the laver
- Exodus 40:30הַכִּיֹּ֔רhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;here: the laver
1 Kings7 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:30לַכִּיֹּר֙lakiyorpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularEach stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.here: to the laver
- 1 Kings 7:38כִיֹּר֖וֹתkhiyorotnoun · feminine pluralHe also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.here: lavers
- 1 Kings 7:38הַכִּיּ֣וֹרhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.here: the laver
- 1 Kings 7:38הַכִּיּ֣וֹרhakiyorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.here: the laver
- 1 Kings 7:38כִּיּ֤וֹרkiyornoun · masculine singularHe also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.here: a laver
- 1 Kings 7:40הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹתhakiyorotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAdditionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:here: the lavers
- 1 Kings 7:43הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥תhakiyorotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralthe ten stands; the ten basins on the stands;here: the lavers
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 4:6כִּיּוֹרִים֮kiyorimnoun · masculine pluralHe also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.here: lavers
- 2 Chronicles 4:14הַכִּיֹּר֥וֹתhakiyorotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralthe stands; the basins on the stands;here: the lavers
- 2 Chronicles 6:13כִּיּ֣וֹרkiyornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,here: a platform of