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Lexicon :: Strong's H1324 - baṯ

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בַּת
Transliteration
baṯ
Pronunciation
bath
Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as בַּתָּה (H1327)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 298a

Strong’s Definitions

בַּת bath, bath; probably from the same as H1327; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids:—bath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H1324 in the following manner: bath (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H1324 in the following manner: bath (13x).

  1. bath, a unit of liquid measure, equal to dry measure ephah (about 9 imperial gallons or 40 litres, rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּת bath, bath; probably from the same as H1327; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids:—bath.
STRONGS H1324: Abbreviations
II. בַּת bath (a measure), H1326 בָּתָה.

† II. בַּת noun masculineEzekiel 45:14 (feminineIsaiah 5:10) bath (Thes and others from above √ in sense of define, measure; compare τέμνω; LagOr. ii. 10 f. makes = בדת, = בד + feminine ת; compare Syriac rb, instrument for pressing olives; compare Epiphanius βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesychius JosAnt. viii. 2. 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος — בּ׳ absolute Isaiah 5:10 + 6 times; (בָּ֑ת Ezekiel 45:11) construct Ezekiel 45:10; plural בַּתִּים 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3 times; — a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (which see) Ezekiel 45:11 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse); also Isaiah 5:10; 1 Kings 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:5 + Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (4 times in this see, Co strike out a & d). Ezekiel 45:10 בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (|| אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparentlyapproximately 40 litres (= Attic metretes compare JosAnt. viii. 2. 9; = 39.39 lit. compare BoeckhMetrol. Untersuch. 259 f.; see also J. BrandisMünz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f. SmithDict. Bible, article Weights & Measures RiHWB 934 f.). — H1323 I. בַּת.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H1325.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

7:26; 7:38

2 Chronicles

2:9; 2:9; 4:5

Isaiah

5:10; 5:10; 5:10

Ezekiel

45:10; 45:10; 45:11; 45:11; 45:14; 45:14; 45:14