מְנוֹרָה
mᵉnôwrâh · H4501 · Hebrew · 42 occurrences
A word for 2 things
Meanings
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lampstand
A stand designed to hold one or more lamps so that the lamps can light a large area
ExamplesExodus 25:31 “Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base and its shaft, are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
Exodus 25:32 “Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.
Exodus 25:33 “Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the other branch, a bulb and a flower—the same for six branches going out from the lampstand;
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
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- זָהָבgold 5
- מָאוֹרlight 2
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- טָהוֹרclean, pure 3
- זָהָבgold 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
- עֶשֶׂרten 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָמֵשׁfive 1
- הּher 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What is done to itIt is the object
10 occurrences in 5 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 5
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 2
- כָּסָהto cover 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- גְּבִיעַcup 2
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתcharge, duty, guard 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 4 groups
- מִןfrom 6
- לto/for 3
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
12 occurrences in 6 groups
- קָנֶהreed, branch 4
- מִשְׁקָלweight 2
- עֲבֹדָהwork 2
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 2
- יָמִיןright side 1
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 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
- λυχνία lychnía · G3087 · lampstand
- Greek λυχνία (lychnía, G3087) ('a lamp-stand') is the direct Septuagint rendering of Hebrew מְנוֹרָה, both denoting a lampstand or candlestick, reflecting systematic translation equivalence across both literal tabernacle/temple contexts and figurative uses.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Lamps001003001001012
- מְנוֹרָה denotes the candlestick or lampstand, most notably the golden lampstand of the tabernacle and temple.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4501. menorah מְנֹרָה מְנוֺרָה,42 noun feminine lampstand (Ecclus מנורה fire,…
מְנֹרָה מְנוֺרָה,42
noun feminine lampstand (Ecclus מנורה fire, Ecclesiasticus 43:4d); — absolute׳מְנו 2Ki 4:10 2Ki 4:9t.,מְנֹרָה Exo 25:32 (twice in verse) + 19 t.; construct מְנוֺרַת Zec 4:2; 2Ch 13:11 מְנֹרַת, Exo 25:31 Exo 25:2t.; plural מְנֹרוֺת absolute 1Ki 7:49 1Ki 7:2t.; construct 1Ch 28:15 (twice in verse); 2Ch 4:7; — lampstand:
1 in private house 2Ki 4:10.
2 ten lampstands in temple, plural 1Ki 7:49 2Ch 4:7; Jer 52:19 (so also ᵐ5; omit || 2Ki 25:14-15, strike out here NowArchaeology ii. 40 < retain Gf Gie), compare 2Ch 4:20, also 1Ch 28:15 (7 t. in verse), but 2Ch 13:11 has ׳מ in singular (as 3); compare singular in Zechariah's vision Zec 4:2.
3 seven-branched lampstand in tabernacle Exo 25:31 (twice in verse); Exo 25:32 (twice in verse) + 15 t. Exodus; Lev 24:4 (with lamps upon it,), Num 3:31; Num 4:9; Num 8:2-3, Num 8:4 (twice in verse) (all P). — מָנוֺר see II. ניר.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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