Strong's H3595 · Hebrew
כִּיּוֹר
kîyôwr · /kee-yore'/
Definition
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
KJV: hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.
Root / derivation: or כִּיֹּר; from the same as H3564 (כּוּר);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered כִּיּוֹר across 20 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
20 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus9 verses
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
Exodus 30:28And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
Exodus 31:9And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, furniture: Heb. vessels
Exodus 35:16The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Exodus 38:8And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. lookingglasses: or, brasen glasses assembling: Heb. assembling by troops
Exodus 39:39The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Exodus 40:7And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
Exodus 40:11And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
Exodus 40:30And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
1 Kings4 verses
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
1 Kings 7:38Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
1 Kings 7:40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom
1 Kings 7:43And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
2 Chronicles3 verses
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. such: Heb. the work of burnt offering
2 Chronicles 4:14He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; lavers: or, caldrons
2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, long: Heb. the length thereof, etc
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H3595 (kîyôwr) mean?
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
How many times does H3595 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H3595 (כִּיּוֹר) appears in 20 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “laver.”
How is kîyôwr translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H3595 is rendered as “laver” (15×), “lavers” (5×), “hearth” (1×), “pan” (1×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word כִּיּוֹר come from?
or כִּיֹּר; from the same as H3564 (כּוּר);