Topic
Basin
17 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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- Exodus 27:3Easton · Nave Made of brass (bronze)
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17Easton · Nave Made of gold
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
- 2 Chronicles 4:8Easton · Nave Made of gold
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
- Ezra 1:10Easton · Nave Made of gold
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
- Ezra 8:27Easton · Nave Made of gold
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
- Exodus 12:22Easton
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
- Exodus 24:6Easton
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
- Exodus 38:3Nave Made of brass (bronze)
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
- 2 Samuel 17:28Easton
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
- 1 Kings 7:45Nave Made of brass (bronze)
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
- 1 Kings 7:50Nave Made of gold
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 4:22Nave Made of gold
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
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- Song of Songs 7:2 Easton
- Isaiah 22:24 Easton
- Amos 6:6 Easton
- Zechariah 9:15 Easton
- John 13:5 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 13 references
Or Bason. (1.) A trough or laver (Heb. aggan’) for washing (Ex. 24:6); rendered also “goblet” (Cant. 7:2) and “cups” (Isa. 22:24).
(2.) A covered dish or urn (Heb. k’for) among the vessels of the temple (1 Chr. 28:17; Ezra 1:10; 8:27).
(3.) A vase (Heb. mizrak) from which to sprinkle anything. A metallic vessel; sometimes rendered “bowl” (Amos 6:6; Zech. 9:15). The vessels of the tabernacle were of brass (Ex. 27:3), while those of the temple were of gold (2 Chr. 4:8).
(4.) A utensil (Heb. saph) for holding the blood of the victims (Ex. 12:22); also a basin for domestic purposes (2 Sam. 17:28).
The various vessels spoken of by the names “basin, bowl, charger, cup, and dish,” cannot now be accurately distinguished.
The basin in which our Lord washed the disciples’ feet (John 13:5) must have been larger and deeper than the hand-basin.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.