כִּיּוֹר
Properly, something round (as excavated or bored ), i.e. a chafing- dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl ; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform
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What does כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr) mean in the Bible?
כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr) is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, something round (as excavated or bored ), i.e. a chafing- dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl ; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform". properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.
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Meaning
Circular vessels for either heat/cooking or ritual washing; derives shape-based metaphorical extension to speaking platform.
properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform BDB: pot Usage: hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.
Grammatical Forms
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