BDB1380
II. בַּת bath (a measure), בָּתָה see below בתת.
Strong's Lexicon
H1324
H1324 — בַּת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1324 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בַּת |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | probably from the same as H1327 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 13 |
| Transliteration: | bath |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bath |
| Meaning: | 1. a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids |
| KJV Renderings: | bath. |
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BDB1391
II. בַּת noun masculine Ezek 45:14 (feminine Isa 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 [untranscribed source text 751], instrument for pressing olives; compare Epiphanius βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesychius JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2. 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος — ׳ בּ absolute Isa 5:10 + 6 t.; (בָּ֑ת Ezek 45:11) construct Ezek 45:10 plural בַּתִּים 2Chr 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3 t.; — a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (q. v.) Ezek 45:11 (twice in verse); Ezek 45:14 (twice in verse); also Isa 5:10; 1Kgs 7:26; 1Kgs 7:38; 2Chr 2:9 (twice in verse); 2Chr 4:5 + Ezek 45:14 (twice in verse) (4 t. in this see, Co strike out a & d ). Ezek 45:10 בַּתצֶֿדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (|| אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק ). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparently approximately 40 litres (= Attic metretes compare JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»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 .
BDB9394
[בַּת] noun [masculine] bath, liquid measure ( ᵑ7 ; perhaps loan-word from Biblical Hebrew II. בַּת , √ בתת); — plural absolute בַּתִּין Ezra 7:22 (twice in verse).
בָּתַר see below אֲתַר.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
בת (bath)
1 Kings 7:26
- KJV: And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
- EHCC: contained two thousand baths.
2 Chronicles 2:10
- KJV: And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
- EHCC: (9).twenty thousand batks of wine, and