Exodus 27
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
7And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
10And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85311× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôshethH517810× in this chapter
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
- אַמָּהʼammâhH52010× in this chapter
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH621310× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- עַמּוּדʻammûwdH59829× in this chapter
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
- אֶדֶןʼedenH1348× in this chapter
a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
- חָצֵרchâtsêrH26918× in this chapter
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
- כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachH41966× in this chapter
an altar
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshH25685× in this chapter
five
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîymH62425× in this chapter
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
- פֵּאָהpêʼâhH62855× in this chapter
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
- אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻH7025× in this chapter
four
- קֶלַעqelaʻH70505× in this chapter
a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
- אֹרֶךְʼôrekH7535× in this chapter
length
- שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwshH79695× in this chapter
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- הָיָהhâyâhH19614× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymH25724× in this chapter
fifty
- כֶּסֶףkeçephH37014× in this chapter
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- רֹחַבrôchabH73414× in this chapter
width (literally or figuratively)
- בַּדbadH9054× in this chapter
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- וָוvâvH20533× in this chapter
a hook (the name of the sixth Hebrew letter)
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH39673× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- רֶשֶׁתreshethH75683× in this chapter
a net (as catching animals)
- שָׁזַרshâzarH78063× in this chapter
to twist (a thread of straw)
- שֵׁשׁshêshH83363× in this chapter
bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
- חָשֻׁקchâshuqH28382× in this chapter
attached, i.e. a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars
- טַבַּעַתṭabbaʻathH28852× in this chapter
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- יָתֵדyâthêdH34892× in this chapter
a peg
- כְּלִיkᵉlîyH36272× in this chapter
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
- כֵּןkênH36512× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- כָּתֵףkâthêphH38022× in this chapter
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehH46392× in this chapter
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- מִשְׁכָּןmishkânH49082× in this chapter
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
- עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עֵץʻêtsH60862× in this chapter
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- עֶשֶׂרʻeserH62352× in this chapter
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)