Basin
Basin
(in the old editions bason). The following words in the original are thus rendered in the English version of the Bible. SEE CUP; SEE BOWL; SEE DISH, etc.
1. , aggan’, prop. a trough for washing, a laver (Exo 24:6); rendered goblet in Son 7:2,. where its shape is compared to the human navel; cup in Isa 22:24. In the New Test. (Joh 13:5), , a ewer (q.v.).
2. , kephor’, from the etymology, a covered dish or urn, spoken of the golden and silver vessels of the sanctuary (1Ch 28:17; Ezr 1:10; Ezr 8:27).
3. , mizrak’, a vase from which to sprinkle any thing; usually of the sacrificial bowls (and so occasionally translated); twice of wine-goblets (bowl, Amo 6:6; Zec 9:15). It seems to denote a metallic vessel. The basins for the service of the tabernacle were of brass (Exo 27:3), but those of the Temple were of gold (2Ch 4:8).
4. The term of the most general signification is , saph (of uncertain etymology; the Sept. renders variously), spoken of the utensils for holding the blood of victims (bason, Exo 12:22; Jer 52:19; bowl, 2Ki 12:13), and the oil for the sacred candlestick (bowl, 1Ki 7:50); also of basons for domestic purposes (2Sa 17:28), and specially a drinking- cup (Zec 12:2). The Targum of Jonathan renders it by , an earthenware vase, but in some of the above passages it could not have been of this material.
(a.) Between the various vessels bearing in the Auth. Vers. the names of basin, bowl, charger, cup, and dish, it is scarcely possible now to ascertain the precise distinction, as very few, if any, remains are known up to the present time, to exist of Jewish earthen or metal ware, and as the same words are variously rendered in different places. We can only conjecture their form and material from the analogy of ancient Egyptian or Assyrian specimens of works of the same kind, and from modern Oriental vessels for culinary or domestic purposes. Among the smaller vessels for the tabernacle or temple service, many must have been required to receive from the sacrificial victims the blood to be sprinkled for purification. Moses, on the occasion of the great ceremony of purification in the wilderness, put half the blood in the basins, , or bowls, and afterward sprinkled it on the people (Exo 24:6; Exo 24:8; Exo 39:21; Lev 1:5; Lev 2:15; Lev 3:2; Lev 8:13; Lev 4:5; Lev 4:34; Lev 8:23-24; Lev 14:14; Lev 14:25; Lev 16:15; Lev 16:19; Heb 9:19). Among the vessels cast in metal, whether gold, silver, or brass, by Hiram for Solomon, besides the laver and great sea, mention is made of basins, bowls, and cups. Of the first (, marg. bowls) he is said to have made 100 (2Ch 4:8; 1Ki 7:45-46; comp. Exo 25:29, and 1Ch 28:14; 1Ch 28:17). Josephus, probably with great exaggeration, reckons of and 20,000 in gold and 40,000 in silver, besides an equal number in each metal of , for the offerings of flour mixed with oil (Ant. 8:3, 7 and 8; comp. Birch, Hist. of Pottery, 1:152).
(b.) The basin from which our Lord washed the disciples’ feet, , was probably deeper and larger than the hand-basin for sprinkling, (Jer 52:18), which, in the Auth. Vers. caldrons, Vulg. lebetes, is by the Syr. rendered basins for washing the feet (Joh 13:5). SEE WASHING (OF FEET AND HANDS).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Basin
or Bason. (1.) A trough or laver (Heb. aggan’) for washing (Ex. 24:6); rendered also “goblet” (Cant. 7:2) and “cups” (Isa. 22:24).
(2.) A covered dish or urn (Heb. k’for) among the vessels of the temple (1 Chr. 28:17; Ezra 1:10; 8:27).
(3.) A vase (Heb. mizrak) from which to sprinkle anything. A metallic vessel; sometimes rendered “bowl” (Amos 6:6; Zech. 9:15). The vessels of the tabernacle were of brass (Ex. 27:3), while those of the temple were of gold (2 Chr. 4:8).
(4.) A utensil (Heb. saph) for holding the blood of the victims (Ex. 12:22); also a basin for domestic purposes (2 Sam. 17:28).
The various vessels spoken of by the names “basin, bowl, charger, cup, and dish,” cannot now be accurately distinguished.
The basin in which our Lord washed the disciples’ feet (John 13:5) must have been larger and deeper than the hand-basin.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Basin
Made of gold
1Ki 7:50; 1Ch 28:17; 2Ch 4:8; 2Ch 4:22; Ezr 1:10; Ezr 8:27
Made of brass
Exo 27:3; Exo 38:3; 1Ki 7:45 Tabernacle, Furniture of
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Basin
Basin. Among the smaller vessels, for the Tabernacle or Temple service, many must have been required to receive, from the sacrificial victims, the blood to be sprinkled for purification.
The “basin” from which our Lord washed the disciples’ feet was probably deeper and larger, than the hand-basin for sprinkling.