1 Kings 7:42
in 1 Kings 7the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;
KJV
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
1 note on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The Tyrian artists are frequently mentioned by ancient authors as skilful artificers in fashioning and embossing metal cups and bowls; and we need not wonder, therefore, to find them employed by Solomon in making the golden and brazen utensils for his temple and palaces.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָרִמֹּנִ֛ים | harimonim | the pomegranates | H7416 → | 32 times |
| אַרְבַּ֥ע | ʾarba' | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| לִשְׁתֵּ֣י | lishtei | for [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹת | hasevakhot | the networks | H7639 → | 16 times |
| שְׁנֵֽי־ | shenei- | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| טוּרִ֤ים | turim | rows | H2905 → | 26 times |
| רִמֹּנִים֙ | rimonim | pomegranates | H7416 → | 32 times |
| לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה | lasevakhah | [belonged] to the network | H7639 → | 16 times |
| הָֽאֶחָ֔ת | haechat | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לְכַסּ֗וֹת | lekhasot | to cover | H3680 → | 152 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתֵּי֙ | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| גֻּלֹּ֣ת | gulot | [the] bowls of | H1543 → | 15 times |
| הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔ת | hakotarot | the capitals | H3805 → | 24 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [were] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָרִמֹּנִ֛יםthe pomegranates
harimonimH7416 →32 times
אַרְבַּ֥עfour
ʾarba'H702 →318 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
לִשְׁתֵּ֣יfor [the] two
lishteiH8147 →768 times
הַשְּׂבָכ֑וֹתthe networks
hasevakhotH7639 →16 times
שְׁנֵֽי־two
shenei-H8147 →768 times
טוּרִ֤יםrows
turimH2905 →26 times
רִמֹּנִים֙pomegranates
rimonimH7416 →32 times
לַשְּׂבָכָ֣ה[belonged] to the network
lasevakhahH7639 →16 times
הָֽאֶחָ֔ת<the> one
haechatH259 →971 times
לְכַסּ֗וֹתto cover
lekhasotH3680 →152 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁתֵּי֙[the] two
sheteiH8147 →768 times
גֻּלֹּ֣ת[the] bowls of
gulotH1543 →15 times
הַכֹּֽתָרֹ֔תthe capitals
hakotarotH3805 →24 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[were] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃the pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 7:20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 3:16
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
- 2 Chronicles 4:13
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
- Jeremiah 52:22–23
The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
- 2 Kings 25:17
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
- 2 Chronicles 3:16
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
