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Topic:
Thoughts And Things Of The Bible -- Basket
Regarding the word "basket," there are five different
Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version:
(1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16;
Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets
were made of twigs peeled; their manufacture was a recognized trade
among the Hebrews.
(2.) That used (Heb. salsilloth') in gathering grapes (Jer. 6:9).
(3.) That in which the first fruits of the harvest were presented, Heb.
tene, (Deut. 26:2, 4). It was also used for household purposes. In form
it tapered downwards like that called corbis by the Romans.
(4.) A basket (Heb. kelub) having a lid, resembling a bird-cage. It was
made of leaves or rushes. The name is also applied to fruit-baskets
(Amos 8:1, 2).
(5.) A basket (Heb. dud) for carrying figs (Jer. 24:2), also clay to the
brick-yard (R.V., Ps. 81:6), and bulky articles (2 Kings 10:7). This
word is also rendered in the Authorized Version "kettle" (1
Sam. 2:14), "caldron" (2 Chr. 35:13), "seething-pot"
(Job 41:20). In the New Testament mention is made of the basket (Gr.
kophinos, small "wicker-basket") for the "fragments"
in the miracle recorded Mark 6:43, and in that recorded Matt. 15:37 (Gr.
spuris, large "rope-basket"); also of the basket in which Paul
escaped (Acts 9:25, Gr. spuris; 2 Cor. 11: 33, Gr. sargane, "basket
of plaited cords").
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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