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1 Kings 7:27

And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

KJV

Et fecit decem bases æneas, quatuor cubitorum longitudinis bases singulas, et quatuor cubitorum latitudinis, et trium cubitorum altitudinis.

Vulgate

στύλους δύο καὶ τὰ στρεπτὰ τῶν στύλων ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν τῶν στύλων δύο· καὶ τὰ δίκτυα δύο τοῦ καλύπτειν ἀμφότερα τὰ στρεπτὰ τῶν γλυφῶν τὰ ὄντα ἐπὶ τῶν στύλων·

LXX

And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֧עַשׂ אֶת הַ/מְּכֹנ֛וֹת עֶ֖שֶׂר נְחֹ֑שֶׁת אַרְבַּ֣ע בָּ/אַמָּ֗ה אֹ֚רֶךְ הַ/מְּכוֹנָ֣ה הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ת וְ/אַרְבַּ֤ע בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ רָחְבָּ֔/הּ וְ/שָׁלֹ֥שׁ בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָתָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
וֹ
v
noun · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 46×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מְּכֹנֽוֹת
mknvt
noun · 24×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
רֹ֖חַב
rchb
noun · 101×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 4:14 — He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
  • 2Chr 4:14 — He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
  • 2Kgs 25:13 — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Bab
  • Jer 52:17 — Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.