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44 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 25:31ISBE
¶ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
- Exodus 29:12ISBE
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
- Exodus 30:18ISBE
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 30:28ISBE
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
- Exodus 31:9ISBE
And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
- Exodus 35:16ISBE
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
- Exodus 37:17ISBE
¶ And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
- Exodus 38:8ISBE
¶ 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 39:39ISBE
The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
- Exodus 40:11ISBE
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
- Leviticus 4:7ISBE
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is…
- Leviticus 4:18ISBE
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the…
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- Leviticus 4:25 ISBE
- Leviticus 4:30 ISBE
- Leviticus 4:34 ISBE
- Leviticus 5:9 ISBE
- Leviticus 8:11 ISBE
- Leviticus 8:15 ISBE
- Leviticus 9:9 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 13:13 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 1:16 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 6:22 ISBE
- 1 Kings 7:27–43 ISBE
- 1 Kings 7:29 ISBE
- 1 Kings 7:31 ISBE
- 2 Kings 16:17 ISBE
- 2 Kings 25:13 ISBE
- 2 Kings 25:16 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 4:14 ISBE
- Ezra 3:3 ISBE
- Job 30:8 ISBE
- Isaiah 3:5 ISBE
- Jeremiah 27:19 ISBE
- Jeremiah 52:17 ISBE
- Jeremiah 52:20 ISBE
- Ezekiel 17:14 ISBE
- Ezekiel 29:14 ISBE
- Ezekiel 29:15 ISBE
- Ezekiel 43:13 ISBE
- Daniel 4:17 ISBE
- Zechariah 5:11 ISBE
- Acts 17:5 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 1:28 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 10:1 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 45 references
(1) Substantive from Latin basis, Greek basis, a foundation.
(a) (mekhonah): the fixed resting-place on which the lavers in Solomon's temple were set (1Ki 7:27-43; 2Ki 16:17; 25:13,16; 2Ch 4:14; Jer 27:19; 52:17,20; compare Ezr 3:3; Zec 5:11 the American Revised Version, margin).
(b) (ken): pedestal in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) (1Ki 7:29,31) and in the Revised Version (British and American) only (Ex 30:18,28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:11; Le 8:11) of the base of the laver of the tabernacle (the King James Version "foot").
(c) (yarekh): "base of candlestick" (the Revised Version (British and American) of Ex 25:31; 37:17) the King James Version "shaft."
(d) (yecodh): the Revised Version (British and American) "base of altar"; the King James Version "bottom" (Ex 29:12; 38:8; Le 4:7,18,25,30,34; 5:9; 8:15; 9:9).
(e) (gabh): the Revised Version (British and American) "elevation," i.e. basement of altar; the King James Version "higher place" (Eze 43:13).
(2) Adjective from French bas--low, or Welsh bas--"shallow": of lowly birth or station, of voluntary humility and of moral depravity.
(a) (shaphal, shephal): of David's self-humiliation (2Sa 6:22): "a modest unambitious kingdom" (Eze 17:14; 29:14,15 (BDB); Da 4:17 (the American Standard Revised Version "lowest")): compare shephelah = "lowland."
(b) (qalah): men of humble birth and station as opposed to the nobles (Isa 3:5).
(c) (beli-shem): "nameless," "of no account": "children of fools, yea, children of base men" (Job 30:8).
(d) the King James Version men, sons, daughters, children of Belial; literally "worthless persons"; in the American Standard Revised Version "base," except 1Sa 1:16 "wicked woman"; also the English Revised Version of De 13:13, "base," which elsewhere retains the King James Version rendering.
(e) (tapeinos): "lowly," "humble or abject" (2Co 10:1); the Revised Version (British and American), "lowly"; so Paul's enemies said he appeared when present in the church at Corinth.
(f) (agenes): "of low birth," "of no account" (1Co 1:28): "base things of the world."
(g) (agoraios): " belonging to the market-place," loafers, worthless characters (Ac 17:5): "certain lewd fellows of the baser sort"; the Revised Version (British and American) "certain vile fellows of the rabble."
T. Rees
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.