International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Brim

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Brim


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קצה, ḳāceh or קצה, ḳēceh = “an extremity” (in a variety of applications and idioms), “border,” “edge,” “side,” “shore” ( the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) “brink”); also שׂפה, sāphāh or שׂפת, sepheth = “edge,” “lip” (, , ; , ). In , the adverb ἄνω, ánō, is used to emphasize the verb ἐγέμισαν, egémisan = “to fill,” Thus giving the idea of “filling to the top.