Lexical Definition

‎כִּיּוֹר‎ kîyôwr (kee-yore') basin ^H:N-M
or כִּיֹּר kîyôr (kee-yore'); from the same as ‎כּוּר‎

hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.

• properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish forcoals or a caldron forcooking
• hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl
• also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform

1) pot, basin, laver, pan
1a) pot, caldron
1b) fire-pot, brazier
1c) basin, laver
1d) platform, stage

See Greek: βάσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כִּיֹּר‎, ‎כִּיּוֺר‎ noun masculine^{1Kgs 7:38} pot, basin (Late Hebrew ‎כִּיּוֺר‎ wash-basin, so Aramaic ‎כִּיּוֺרָא‎) — absolute ‎כִּיֹּר‎ 1Kgs 7:30 + 8 t.; ‎כִּיּוֺר‎ 1Sam 2:14 + 5 t.; construct ‎כִּיּוֺר‎ Exod 30:18 + 2 t.; plural absolute ‎כִּיֹּרוֺת‎ 1Kgs 7:40 (but see below), 2Chr 4:14 ‎כְּיֹּרֹת‎ 1Kgs 7:43 ‎כִּיּוֺרִים‎ 2Chr 4:6 construct ‎כְּיֹּרוֺת‎ 1Kgs 7:38 —

1. pot for cooking 1Sam 2:14 (|| ‎דּוּד‎, ‎קַלַּחַת‎, ‎פָּרוּר‎).

2. fire-pot ‎כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ‎ Zech 12:6 (|| ‎לַפִּיד אֵשׁ‎; figurative of chiefs of Judah).

3. basin of bronze for washing, laver; set on a bronze support
a. before tabernacle Exod 30:18; Exod 30:28; Exod 31:9; Exod 35:16; Exod 38:8; Exod 39:39; Exod 40:7; Exod 40:11; Exod 40:30; Lev 8:11 (all P).
b. 10 in number, 5 at each front corner of temple 1Kgs 7:30; 1Kgs 7:38 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 7:43 = 2Chr 4:14; 2Chr 4:6 (1Kgs 7:40 read ‎הַסִּירוֺת‎ as v1Kgs 7:45 and || 2Chr 4:11; 2Chr 4:16, so Hebrew Manuscripts ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Th Ke Sta Klo and others)

4. plat form or stage of bronze (probably round, bowl-like in shape) on which, according to Chronicles, Solomon stood and kneeled 2Chr 6:13.

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