What does כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr) mean in the Bible?
כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr): Circular vessels for either heat/cooking or ritual washing; derives shape-based metaphorical extension to speaking platform.
Hebrew · H3595
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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כִּיּוֹר H3595
Pronunciation kiywōr
What does כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr) mean in the Bible?
כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr): Circular vessels for either heat/cooking or ritual washing; derives shape-based metaphorical extension to speaking platform.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3595?
The BSB source-word alignment has 23 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the basin (6), basin (3), basins (3), and the basin (2), - (1).
Where does כִּיּוֹר (kiywōr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 30:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (9), 1 Kings (7), 2 Chronicles (3), 1 Samuel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the basin 6× Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 39:39, Exodus 40:7
basin 3× Exodus 30:18, Exodus 38:8, 1 Kings 7:38
basins 3× 1 Kings 7:38, 1 Kings 7:43, 2 Chronicles 4:6
and the basin 2× Exodus 30:28, Leviticus 8:11
- 1× 1 Kings 7:38
and a basin 1× 1 Kings 7:30
into the pan 1× 1 Samuel 2:14
like a firepot 1× Zechariah 12:6
platform 1× 2 Chronicles 6:13
the [bronze] basin 1× 2 Kings 16:17
the basins 1× 2 Chronicles 4:14
the pots 1× 1 Kings 7:40
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 30:18 כִּיּ֥וֹר to basin Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 30:28 הַכִּיֹּ֖ר to and the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 31:9 הַכִּיּ֖וֹר to the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 35:16 הַכִּיֹּ֖ר to the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 38:8 הַכִּיּ֣וֹר to basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 39:39 הַכִּיֹּ֖ר to the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 40:7 הַכִּיֹּ֔ר to the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 40:11 הַכִּיֹּ֖ר to the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 40:30 הַכִּיֹּ֔ר to the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 8:11 הַכִּיֹּ֛ר to and the basin Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 30:18
Aligned rows 23
Books represented 7
Exodus 9 Leviticus 1 1 Samuel 1 1 Kings 7 2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 3 Zechariah 1
Source forms
הַכִּיֹּ֖ר 4x hak·kî·yōr Exodus 30:28, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 39:39, Exodus 40:11
הַכִּיּ֣וֹר 3x hak·kî·yō·wr Exodus 38:8, 1 Kings 7:38
הַכִּיֹּ֔ר 3x hak·kî·yōr Exodus 40:7, Exodus 40:30, 2 Kings 16:17
בַכִּיּ֜וֹר 1x ḇak·kî·yō·wr 1 Samuel 2:14
הַכִּיּ֖וֹר 1x hak·kî·yō·wr Exodus 31:9
הַכִּיֹּ֛ר 1x hak·kî·yōr Leviticus 8:11
הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹת 1x hak·kî·yō·rō·wṯ 1 Kings 7:40
הַכִּיֹּר֥וֹת 1x hak·kî·yō·rō·wṯ 2 Chronicles 4:14
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 12x Exodus 30:28, Exodus 31:9, Exodus 35:16, Exodus 38:8
Article | Noun - masculine plural 3x 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:43, 2 Chronicles 4:14
Noun - masculine plural 2x 1 Kings 7:38, 2 Chronicles 4:6
Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Exodus 30:18, 2 Chronicles 6:13
Noun - masculine singular 1x 1 Kings 7:38
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 1 Samuel 2:14
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Zechariah 12:6
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 1 Kings 7:30
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Circular vessels for either heat/cooking or ritual washing; derives shape-based metaphorical extension to speaking platform.
Source Gloss
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
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
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
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כִּיּוֹר is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain