H3713a H3713a
A bowl or basin of gold or silver used as a sacred vessel in temple service.
This noun designates a bowl or basin crafted from precious metal for use in the temple. All nine occurrences cluster in late texts describing sacred furnishings: David's specifications for gold and silver bowls in 1 Chronicles 28:17, and the inventory of vessels returned from Babylonian exile in Ezra 1:10 and 8:27. The word is related to Aramaic kephora, suggesting a wide, open vessel. Spanish renders it 'taza/copas' (cup/goblets) and French 'coupe' (cup), though the Hebrew specifically evokes the ritual context of temple worship.
Senses
1. bowl, basin — A bowl or basin made of gold or silver, serving as a sacred vessel in Israelite temple worship. Found exclusively in late texts — 1 Chronicles 28:17 (six times in the passage, detailing David's weighed-out specifications for gold bowls and silver bowls) and Ezra 1:10 and 8:27 (listing vessels returned from Babylonian captivity). Spanish 'taza/copas' and French 'coupe' suggest drinking vessels, but the Hebrew term emphasizes their cultic function as temple furnishings rather than ordinary tableware. The Aramaic cognate kephora confirms the sense of a broad, open basin. 9×
AR["كُؤُوسُ", "لِقَدَحٍ", "وَ-طُسُوس", "وَقَدَحٍ", "وَلِأَقْدَاحِ"]·ben["আর-বাটি", "আর-বাটির", "আর-বাটিসমূহের-জন্য", "বাটির-জন্য", "রূপার-বাটি", "সোনার-বাটি"]·DE["[וכפור]", "[וכפרי]", "[ולכפורי]", "[כפורי]", "[לכפור]"]·EN["and-basin", "and-bowls-of", "and-for-the-basins-of", "bowls-of", "for-basin"]·FR["coupe", "et-coupe"]·heb["ו-כפור", "ו-כפרי", "ו-ל-כפורי", "כפורי", "ל-כפור"]·HI["-के-प्याला", "और कटोरियों", "और-प्याला", "और-प्यालों", "कटोरे"]·ID["Dan-mangkuk", "dan-untuk-piala-piala", "demi-piala", "mangkuk", "untuk-piala"]·IT["coppa", "e-coppa"]·jav["dhateng-mangkok", "lan-bokor-emas", "lan-dhateng-mangkok-mangkok", "lan-mangkok", "pinggan-", "pinggan-emas"]·KO["그리고-단지", "그리고-대접들", "그리고-에-대한-단지들", "에-대한-단지", "잔들"]·PT["e-bacias-de", "e-para-taças-de", "e-taça", "para-taça", "taças-de"]·RU["И-чаш", "Чаш", "и-чашам", "и-чаше", "чаш", "чаше"]·ES["copas-de", "para-taza", "y-para-tazas-de", "y-taza", "y-tazones-de"]·SW["kwa-kikombe", "na-kikombe", "na-kwa-vikombe", "na-vikombe-vya", "vikombe-vya"]·TR["Ve-kaseler", "kaba", "taslar-", "ve-kaba", "ve-kapları-için"]·urd["اور-پیالوں", "اور-پیالہ", "اور-کٹورے", "پیالہ", "پیالے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. כְּפוֹר n.m. bowl (NH id.; 𝔗 כְּפוֹרָא)—bowl of gold or silver, used in the temple (late), כ׳ 1 Ch 28:17(×4); pl. cstr. כְּפוֹרֵי 1 Ch 28:17(×2) Ezr 1:10(×2); 8:27.