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chek´ẽr-wûrk (שׂבכה, sebhākhāh): This was a kind of ornamentation used on the tops of the pillars of Jachin and Boaz before the porch of the Temple (). Its exact form is not known. See TEMPLE. For “a broidered coat†( the King James Version), the Revised Version (British and American) gives “a coat of checker work.†See BROIDERED; EMBROIDERY.