Hebrew word · H2905
טוּר
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row
A row, a course, a line. It is used for courses of stone or cedar beams in buildings (1 Kgs 6:36; 7:2–12) and for rows of ornaments.
Appears 26 times in 20 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
1) row
1a) row, course (of building)
1b) row (of jewels)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of Exodus 28:17
- Range of meaning
A row, a course, a line. It is used for courses of stone or cedar beams in buildings (1 Kgs 6:36; 7:2–12) and for rows of ornaments.
- Against the English
"Row" is accurate.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Used for the temple courtyard's "three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams" (1 Kgs 6:36). In the Greek Septuagint it is stichos, "row, line".
Where it appears
Exodus · 12
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Exodus 28:17 טוּרִ֣ים ט֗וּר הַטּ֖וּר rows, [will be] a row of, the row
And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
Here: "Rows": the same word is used for courses of masonry in a building (1 Kings 6:36; 7:12). The picture is an orderly grid, like a small wall of jewels.
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Exodus 28:18 וְהַטּ֖וּר and the row
in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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Exodus 28:19 וְהַטּ֖וּר and the row
in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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Exodus 28:20 וְהַטּוּר֙ and the row
and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
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Exodus 39:10 ט֣וּרֵי ט֗וּר הַטּ֖וּר rows of, [was] a row of, the row
And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
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Exodus 39:11 וְהַטּ֖וּר and the row
the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Here: 'And the row.' Here it means a horizontal line of three set stones on the high priest's breastpiece. The same word is used for courses of stone or timber in building (1 Kings 6:36). The 'and' carries on the list that began in verse 10.
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Exodus 39:12 וְהַטּ֖וּר and the row
the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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Exodus 39:13 וְהַטּוּר֙ and the row
and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
1 Kings · 11
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1 Kings 6:36 טוּרֵ֣י וְט֖וּר rows of, and a row of
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
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1 Kings 7:2 טוּרֵי֙ rows of
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
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1 Kings 7:3 הַטּֽוּר׃ the row
The house was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the pillars—forty-five beams, fifteen per row.
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1 Kings 7:4 טוּרִ֑ים rows
There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
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1 Kings 7:12 טוּרִ֣ים וְט֖וּר rows, and a row of
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
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1 Kings 7:18 טוּרִ֨ים rows
Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
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1 Kings 7:20 טֻרִ֣ים rows
On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
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1 Kings 7:24 טוּרִים֙ rows
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
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1 Kings 7:42 טוּרִ֤ים rows
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
2 Chronicles · 2
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2 Chronicles 4:3 טוּרִים֙ rows
Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
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2 Chronicles 4:13 טוּרִ֤ים rows
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);
Ezekiel · 1
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Ezekiel 46:23 וְט֨וּר and a row of stones
Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
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