3595. kiyyor

Berean Strong's Lexicon

kiyyor: Basin, laver

Original Word: כִּיּוֹר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: kiyyor
Pronunciation: kee-yore
Phonetic Spelling: (kee-yore')
Definition: Basin, laver
Meaning: something round, a chafing-dish for, coals, a caldron for, cooking, a washbowl, a pulpit, platform

Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to wash

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the New Testament, the concept of ritual washing is echoed in the Greek word "λουτρόν" (loutron), which refers to washing or bathing, as seen in Ephesians 5:26.

Usage: The term "kiyyor" refers to a basin or laver used for washing. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, it is most commonly associated with the large bronze basin used by the priests in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple for ceremonial washing. This washing was a ritual purification process necessary before performing sacred duties.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite religious practice, ritual purity was of utmost importance. The kiyyor was a critical component of the Tabernacle, as described in the book of Exodus. It was placed between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and it was used by the priests to wash their hands and feet before entering the Tent or approaching the altar to offer sacrifices. This practice underscored the holiness required of those who served in the presence of God and symbolized the need for spiritual cleanliness.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as kur
Definition
pot, basin
NASB Translation
basin (6), basins (5), firepot (1), laver (9), pan (1), platform (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כִּיֹּר, כִּיּוֺר noun masculine^{1Kings 7:38} pot, basin (Late Hebrew כִּיּוֺר wash-basin, so Aramaic כִּיּוֺרָא) — absolute כִּיֹּר 1 Kings 7:30 8t.; כִּיּוֺר 1 Samuel 2:14 5t.; construct כִּיּוֺר Exodus 30:18 2t.; plural absolute כִּיֹּרוֺת 1 Kings 7:40 (but see below), 2 Chronicles 4:14; כְּיֹּרֹת 1 Kings 7:43; כִּיּוֺרִים2Chronicles 4:6; construct כְּיֹּרוֺת 1 Kings 7:38; —

1 pot for cooking 1 Samuel 2:14 ("" דּוּד, קַלַּחַת, מָּרוּר).

2 fire-pot כִּיּוֺר אֵשׁ Zechariah 12:6 ("" לַמִּיד אֵשׁ; figurative of chiefs of Judah).

3 basin of bronze for washing, laver; set on a bronze support

a. before tabernacle Exodus 30:18,28; Exodus 31:9; Exodus 35:16; Exodus 38:8; Exodus 39:39; Exodus 40:7,11,30; Leviticus 8:11 (all P).

b. 10in number, 5 at each front corner of temple 1 Kings 7:30,38 (3 t. in verse); 1 Kings 7:43 2Chronicles 4:14,6 (1 Ki 7:40 read הַסִּירוֺת as 1 Kings 7:45 and "" 2 Chronicles 4:11,16, 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 2 Chronicles 6:13.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

hearth, laver, pan, scaffold

Or kiyor {kee-yore'}; from the same as kuwr; properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. A chafing-dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform -- hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.

see HEBREW kuwr

Forms and Transliterations

בַכִּיּ֜וֹר בכיור הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹת הַכִּיֹּ֔ר הַכִּיֹּ֖ר הַכִּיֹּ֛ר הַכִּיֹּר֥וֹת הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥ת הַכִּיּ֖וֹר הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הכיור הכיר הכירות הכירת כְּֽכִיּ֧וֹר כִּיּ֣וֹר כִּיּ֤וֹר כִּיּ֥וֹר כִּיּוֹרִים֮ כִיֹּר֖וֹת כיור כיורים כירות ככיור לַכִּיֹּר֙ לכיר ḇak·kî·yō·wr ḇakkîyōwr chiyoRot hak·kî·yō·rō·wṯ hak·kî·yō·rōṯ hak·kî·yō·wr hak·kî·yōr hakkiYor hakkîyōr hakkiyoRot hakkîyōrōṯ hakkîyōrōwṯ hakkîyōwr kə·ḵî·yō·wr kechiYor kəḵîyōwr ḵî·yō·rō·wṯ kî·yō·w·rîm kî·yō·wr kiYor kiyoRim ḵîyōrōwṯ kîyōwr kîyōwrîm lak·kî·yōr lakkiYor lakkîyōr vakkiYor

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 30:18
HEB: וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ כִּיּ֥וֹר נְחֹ֛שֶׁת וְכַנּ֥וֹ
NAS: You shall also make a laver of bronze,
KJV: Thou shalt also make a laver [of] brass,
INT: make A laver of bronze base

Exodus 30:28
HEB: כֵּלָ֑יו וְאֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־ כַּנּֽוֹ׃
NAS: its utensils, and the laver and its stand.
KJV: with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
INT: and all utensils and the laver stand

Exodus 31:9
HEB: כֵּלָ֑יו וְאֶת־ הַכִּיּ֖וֹר וְאֶת־ כַּנּֽוֹ׃
NAS: its utensils, and the laver and its stand,
KJV: with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
INT: all utensils and the laver stand

Exodus 35:16
HEB: כֵּלָ֑יו אֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־ כַּנּֽוֹ׃
NAS: its utensils, the basin and its stand;
KJV: and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
INT: and all utensils the basin stand

Exodus 38:8
HEB: וַיַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַכִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְאֵ֖ת
NAS: Moreover, he made the laver of bronze
KJV: And he made the laver [of] brass,
INT: made the laver of bronze base

Exodus 39:39
HEB: כֵּלָ֑יו אֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־ כַּנּֽוֹ׃
NAS: its utensils, the laver and its stand;
KJV: and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
INT: and all utensils the laver stand

Exodus 40:7
HEB: וְנָֽתַתָּ֙ אֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֔ר בֵּֽין־ אֹ֥הֶל
NAS: You shall set the laver between
KJV: And thou shalt set the laver between the tent
INT: shall set the laver between the tent

Exodus 40:11
HEB: וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥ אֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־ כַּנּ֑וֹ
NAS: You shall anoint the laver and its stand,
KJV: And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot,
INT: shall anoint the laver stand and consecrate

Exodus 40:30
HEB: וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ אֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֔ר בֵּֽין־ אֹ֥הֶל
NAS: He placed the laver between the tent
KJV: And he set the laver between the tent
INT: placed the laver between the tent

Leviticus 8:11
HEB: כֵּלָ֗יו וְאֶת־ הַכִּיֹּ֛ר וְאֶת־ כַּנּ֖וֹ
NAS: its utensils, and the basin and its stand,
KJV: and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot,
INT: and all utensils and the basin stand to consecrate

1 Samuel 2:14
HEB: וְהִכָּ֨ה בַכִּיּ֜וֹר א֣וֹ בַדּ֗וּד
NAS: Then he would thrust it into the pan, or
KJV: And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle,
INT: thrust the pan or kettle

1 Kings 7:30
HEB: לָהֶ֑ם מִתַּ֤חַת לַכִּיֹּר֙ הַכְּתֵפֹ֣ת יְצֻק֔וֹת
NAS: beneath the basin [were] cast
KJV: thereof had undersetters: under the laver [were] undersetters
INT: had supports Thahash the basin supports when it was cast

1 Kings 7:38
HEB: וַיַּ֛עַשׂ עֲשָׂרָ֥ה כִיֹּר֖וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת אַרְבָּעִ֨ים
NAS: He made ten basins of bronze, one
KJV: Then made he ten lavers of brass: one
INT: made ten basins of bronze forty

1 Kings 7:38
HEB: בַּ֜ת יָכִ֣יל ׀ הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע
NAS: of bronze, one basin held forty
KJV: of brass: one laver contained forty
INT: baths held basin one four

1 Kings 7:38
HEB: אַרְבַּ֤ע בָּֽאַמָּה֙ הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֔ד כִּיּ֤וֹר
NAS: baths; each basin [was] four cubits,
KJV: [and] every laver was four
INT: four cubits basin each basin

1 Kings 7:38
HEB: הַכִּיּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֔ד כִּיּ֤וֹר אֶחָד֙ עַל־
NAS: stands [was] one basin.
KJV: bases one laver.
INT: basin each basin each and

1 Kings 7:40
HEB: חִיר֔וֹם אֶת־ הַ֨כִּיֹּר֔וֹת וְאֶת־ הַיָּעִ֖ים
NAS: made the basins and the shovels
KJV: made the lavers, and the shovels,
INT: made now Hiram the basins and the shovels and the bowls

1 Kings 7:43
HEB: עָ֑שֶׂר וְאֶת־ הַכִּיֹּרֹ֥ת עֲשָׂרָ֖ה עַל־
NAS: with the ten basins on the stands;
KJV: bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
INT: stands and the ten basins the ten on

2 Chronicles 4:6
HEB: וַיַּ֣עַשׂ כִּיּוֹרִים֮ עֲשָׂרָה֒ וַ֠יִּתֵּן
NAS: ten basins in which
KJV: He made also ten lavers, and put five
INT: made basins ten set

2 Chronicles 4:14
HEB: עָשָׂ֑ה וְאֶת־ הַכִּיֹּר֥וֹת עָשָׂ֖ה עַל־
NAS: and he made the basins on the stands,
KJV: also bases, and lavers made
INT: the stands made the basins made on

2 Chronicles 6:13
HEB: עָשָׂ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה כִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֗שֶׁת וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ֮
NAS: a bronze platform, five
KJV: a brasen scaffold, of five
INT: had made Solomon platform A bronze set

Zechariah 12:6
HEB: אַלֻּפֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה כְּֽכִיּ֧וֹר אֵ֣שׁ בְּעֵצִ֗ים
NAS: of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood
KJV: of Judah like an hearth of fire
INT: the clans of Judah A firepot flaming of wood

22 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3595
22 Occurrences

ḵî·yō·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
hak·kî·yōr — 11 Occ.
hak·kî·yō·rō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
kə·ḵî·yō·wr — 1 Occ.
kî·yō·wr — 3 Occ.
kî·yō·w·rîm — 1 Occ.
lak·kî·yōr — 1 Occ.
ḇak·kî·yō·wr — 1 Occ.