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is the rendering in the A.V. of the following words in the original. SEE DISH.
1. Kiyor, ëַּéּåֹø or ëַּéּøֹ (from ëּåּø , to cook), a basin of metal used for boiling or stewing (1Sa_2:14; Sept. ëÝâçôá ôὸí ìÝãáí ; Vulg. lebetem); also as a laver (as generally rendered) or basin for washing (Exo_30:18; Sept. ëïõôῆñá ; Vulg. labrum; 1Ki_7:38; 1Ki_7:40; 1Ki_7:43; Sept. ÷õôñïêáýëïõò ; Alex. ÷õôñïãáýëïõò ; Vulg. luteres); and (with
àֵùׁ ) a brazier for carrying fire (Zec_12:6; A.V. “hearth;” Sept. äáëὸíðõñüò ; Vulg. caminum ignis); finally a wooden platform from which to speak (2Ch_6:13; A.V. “pulpit”), doubtless from its round form. SEE LAYER.
2. Machabdth, îִçֲáִú (from çָáִú obs., prob. to cook; comp. Arab. khabaza, to prepare food), a shallow vessel or griddle used for baking cakes (Lev_2:5; Lev_6:14 [A.V. 21]; 7:9; 1Ch_23:29 [“flat plate,” marg. A.V.]; Eze_4:3); Sept. ôήãáíïí ; Vulg. sartago; apparently a shallow pan or plate, like that used by Bedawin and Syrians for baking or dressing rapidly their cakes of meal, such as were used in legal oblations. SEE CAKE.
3. Masreth, îִùְׂøֵú , a flat vessel or plate for baking cakes (2Sa_13:9; Sept. ôήãáíïí ). Gesenius says the etymology is uncertain, but suggests that the word may be derived from a root ùָׂøָä or ùָׁøָä = Arab. sharay, to shine, and was applied to the pan because it was kept bright. The distinction, therefore, between this and the preceding word may be that the masreth was used dry, while the machabath was employed for cooking in oil. SEE BAKE.
4. Sir, ñַéø , a deep vessel used for cooking food (Exo_27:3), properly a large (see 2Ki_4:38) pot (as usually rendered) or caldron (as rendered in Jer_1:13; Jer_3:18-19; Eze_11:3; Eze_11:7; Eze_11:11); especially for boiling meat, placed during the process on three stones (Burckhardt, Notes on Bed. 1:58; Niebuhr. Descr. de l'Arabie, p. 46; Lane, Mod. Eg. 1:181). SEE CALDRON.
5. Parur, ôָּøåּø (Sept. ÷ýôñá ; Vulg. olla), a vessel used for baking the manna (Num_11:8), for holding soup (Jdg_6:19; A.V. “pot”), and for boiling flesh (1Sa_2:14, “pot”). Gesenius says it is for ôָּàøåּø , heat, from ôָּàִø = Arab. par, to boil. Furst questions this, and derives it from ôָּøִø , to excavate, to deepen. SEE POT.
6. Tselachoth, öֵìָçåֹú (pl. of öֵìָçָä ), large dishes or platters (2Ch_35:13; Sept. ëÝâçôåò ; Vulg. ollae). The cognate öִìִּçִú , tseldchath, denotes a dish which maybe held in the hand and turned over for the purpose of wiping it (2Ki_21:13); in Pro_19:24; Pro_26:13, it is used tropically of the bosom. SEE PLATTER.
7. Marchesheth, îִøְçֶùֶׁú (from øָçִùׁ , to bubble over), a kettle for boiling meat (Lev_2:7; Lev_7:9; “frying-pan”). SEE FRYING-PAN.
8. Greek ëÝâçò , a pot (1Es_1:12; 2Ma_7:3); but ôçãáíßæåéí , to broil (2Ma_7:5, “fry in the pan”). SEE ROAST.