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Bath

A measure of capacity for things liquid, being the same with the ephah, Ezek. xlv, 11, and containing ten homers, or seven gallons and four pints. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1324, H1325, G0943
Hebrew
בַּת · bath
Greek
βάτος · batos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βάτος

G0943
Transliteration
batos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

bath, measure

Lexicon definition

βάτος, -ου, ὁ (Heb. בַּת), [in LXX (also βαίθ, βάδος): II Est.7:22 * ;] bath, a Jewish liquid measure, = μετρητής (which see), or about 8 3/4 gals.: Luk.16:6.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּת

H1324
Transliteration
bath
Pronunciation
bath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
13

Glosses

bath.

Lexicon definition

a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּת

H1325
Transliteration
bath
Pronunciation
bath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

bath.

Lexicon definition

{a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids}

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בַּת

H1323
Transliteration
bath
Pronunciation
bath
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
587

Glosses

apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Lexicon definition

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Bath

A Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa. 5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Baths

The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev. 14:8; Num. 19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration (Lev. 8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (16:4, 24). The "pools" mentioned in Neh. 3:15, 16, 2 Kings 20:20, Isa. 22:11, John 9:7, were public bathing-places.

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

BATH

a measure of capacity for things liquid, being the same with the ephah, Ezek. xlv, 11, and containing ten homers, or seven gallons and four pints.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Bath

Indexed occurrences: 6

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Strong's Concordance

Baths

Indexed occurrences: 11

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All Scripture references21 references

1 Kings 5

1 Kings 1:111 Kings 4:221 Kings 5:111 Kings 7:261 Kings 7:38

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 20:20

1 Chronicles 1

1 Chronicles 3:5

2 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 2:92 Chronicles 2:102 Chronicles 4:5

Ezra 1

Ezra 7:22

Job 1

Job 30:29

Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon 7:4

Isaiah 1

Isaiah 5:10

Ezekiel 3

Ezekiel 45:10Ezekiel 45:11Ezekiel 45:14

Micah 1

Micah 1:8

Haggai 1

Haggai 2:16

John 2

John 2:6John 9:7

Topical Bible

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Caius 1 Was Slain By Cherea.

Antiquities Book 19, Chapter 1

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BATH-RABBIM

Nave’s Topical Bible references for BATH-RABBIM.

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BATH

Nave’s Topical Bible references for BATH.

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Dictionary

Bath-rabbim

Daughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were pools (Cant. 7:4).

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Bath-sheba

Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a (1 Chr. 3:5), was the daughter of Eliam (2 Sam. 11:3) or Ammiel (1 Chr. 3:5), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her (2 Sam. 11:4, 5; Ps. 51:1). The child born in adultery died (2 Sam. 12:15-19). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of Solomon (12:24; 1 Kings 1:11; 2:13). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne (1 Kings 1:11, 16-21).

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Dictionary

Bath

A Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa. 5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

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Baths

The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev. 14:8; Num. 19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration (Lev. 8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (16:4, 24). The "pools" mentioned in Neh. 3:15, 16, 2 Kings 20:20, Isa. 22:11, John 9:7, were public bathing-places.

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Cor

This Hebrew word, untranslated, denotes a round vessel used as a measure both for liquids and solids. It was equal to one homer, and contained ten ephahs in dry and ten baths in liquid measure (Ezek. 45:14). The Rabbins estimated the cor at forty-five gallons, while Josephus estimated it at about eighty-seven. In 1 Kings 4:22; 5:11; 2 Chr. 2:10; 27:5, the original word is rendered "measure."

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Firkin

Used only in John 2:6; the Attic amphora, equivalent to the Hebrew bath (q.v.), a measure for liquids containing about 8 7/8 gallons.

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Hammath

Warm springs, one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35). It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees to 144 degrees) still found on the shore a little to the south of Tiberias under the name of Hummam Tabariyeh ("Bath of Tiberias").

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Owl

(1.) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of "shouting." In the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15); also mentioned in Job 30:29; Isa. 13:21; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 50:39; Micah 1:8. In all these passages the Revised Version translates "ostrich" (q.v.), which is the correct rendering. (2.) Heb. yanshuph, rendered "great owl" in Lev. 11:17; Deut. 14:16, and "owl" in Isa. 34:11. This is supposed to be the Egyptian eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus), which takes the place of the eagle-owl (Bubo maximus) found in Southern Europe. It is found frequenting the ruins of Egypt and also of the Holy Land. "Its cry is a loud, prolonged, and very powerful hoot. I know nothing which more vividly brought to my mind the sense of desolation and loneliness than the re-echoing hoot of two or three of these great owls as I stood at midnight among the ruined temples of Baalbek" (Tristram). The LXX. and Vulgate render this word by "ibis", i.e., the Egyptian heron. (3.) Heb. kos, rendered "little owl" in Lev. 11:17; Deut. 14:16, and "owl" in Ps. 102:6. The Arabs call this bird "the mother of ruins." It is by far the most common of all the owls of Palestine. It is the Athene persica, the bird of Minerva, the symbol of ancient Athens. (4.) Heb. kippoz, the "great owl" (Isa. 34:15); Revised Version, "arrow-snake;" LXX. and Vulgate, "hedgehog," reading in the text, kippod, instead of kippoz. There is no reason to doubt the correctness of the rendering of the Authorized Version. Tristram says: "The word [i.e., kippoz] is very possibly an imitation of the cry of the scops owl (Scops giu), which is very common among ruins, caves, and old walls of towns...It is a migrant, returning to Palestine in spring." (5.) Heb. lilith, "screech owl" (Isa. 34:14, marg. and R.V., "night monster"). The Hebrew word is from a root signifying "night." Some species of the owl is obviously intended by this word. It may be the hooting or tawny owl (Syrnium aluco), which is common in Egypt and in many parts of Palestine. This verse in Isaiah is "descriptive of utter and perpetual desolation, of a land that should be full of ruins, and inhabited by the animals that usually make such ruins their abode."

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