International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Plate

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Plate


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plat: A term seemingly not used in the Bible for a dish as it is so commonly used at present, but always for a tablet or sheet of metal. (1) ציץ, cı̄c (; ; ), a plate of gold on the front of the mitre of the high priest. The name seems to have been given because of the radiance of the object. (2) פּח, paḥ (; ), of plates or sheets of metal produced by hammering. (3) לוּח, lūaḥ, used for tablets or tables of stone (, etc.), but in for the metal plates on the bases of the lavers in the temple. The word סרן, ṣeren, is rendered “plate” in the King James Version, manifestly incorrectly, the Revised Version (British and American) “axle.”