בַּת
bath · H1324 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
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Meanings
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bath
A unit of liquid measure of which the exact quantity is unknown and ranges between 20 and 40 liters; 1 bath corresponds to 1 ephah dry measure
Examples1 Kings 7:26 And it was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.
1 Kings 7:38 And he made ten basins of bronze, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.
2 Chronicles 2:10 “Now behold, I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צֶדֶקrighteousness, justice 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- עֶשֶׂרten 2
- עֶשְׂרִיםtwenty 2
- אֶחָדone 1
- אֶלֶףthousand 1
- אַרְבָּעִיםforty 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- שֶׁמֶןoil 2
- חֹקstatute, decree, portion 1
- יַיִןwine 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- כּוּלto provide for, to contain 2
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֹמֶרmud 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֹמֶרmud 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַעֲשֵׂרtithe, tenth 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- χοῖνιξ choînix · G5518 · quart
- Greek χοῖνιξ (choenix) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew בַּת (bath), both denoting specific dry-measure units in their respective linguistic systems; the translation relationship reflects functional equivalence between standardized volumetric measures rather than etymological connection.
Semantic domains 7 entries
- Relatives001001003012
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with the distinct daughter/offspring noun בַּת (bath, H1323) and does not independently apply to this liquid-measure homograph.
- Groups001001003004
- This code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with בַּת (bath, H1323) and does not independently apply to the liquid-measure sense.
- Towns001003002011
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with בַּת (bath, H1323) and does not independently apply to the liquid-measure sense.
- Stage002001001060
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with בַּת (bath, H1323) and does not independently apply to the liquid-measure sense.
- Titles003001017
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with בַּת (bath, H1323) and does not independently apply to the liquid-measure sense.
- Sing002004001009006
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with בַּת (bath, H1323) and does not independently apply to the liquid-measure sense.
- Capacity002001001010
- בַּת (the homograph of בַּת (bath, H1323)) names a liquid measure of capacity, as in the bronze basins holding forty baths each in 1 Kings 7:38.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1324. bath II. בַּת bath (a measure), בָּתָה see below בתת. II. בַּת noun masculineEze…
II. בַּת bath (a measure), בָּתָה see below בתת.
II. בַּת noun masculineEze 45:14 (feminineIsa 5:10) bath (Thes and others from above √ in sense of define, measure; compare τέμνω; LagOr. ii. 10 f. makes = בדת, = בד + feminine ת; compare Syriac , instrument for pressing olives; compare Epiphanius βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesychius JosAnt. viii. 2. 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος — ׳בּ absolute Isa 5:10 Isa 5:6t.; (בָּ֑ת Eze 45:11) construct Eze 45:10; plural בַּתִּים2Ch 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3t.; — a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (q. v.) Eze 45:11 (twice in verse); Eze 45:14 (twice in verse); also Isa 5:10; 1Ki 7:26, 1Ki 7:38; 2Ch 2:9 (twice in verse); 2Ch 4:5 + Eze 45:14 (twice in verse) (4 t. in this see, Co strike out a & d). Eze 45:10 בַּתצֶֿדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (|| אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparentlyapproximately 40 litres (= Attic metretes compare JosAnt. viii. 2. 9; = 39.39 lit. compare BoeckhMetrol. Untersuch. 259 f.; see also J. BrandisMünz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f. SmithDict. Bible, article Weights & Measures RiHWB 934 f.). — 1. בַּת see below בֵּן.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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