Bowl
Bowl
The word is used in the Revised Version instead of vial to translate , which occurs 12 times in Revelation. The change was desirable, as the former word, a modification of phial, has come to mean a small glass vessel or bottle, as in Miltons precious vial led liquors. meant in classical Greek (after Homer, to whom it was a cinerary urn) a broad shallow bowl used in drinking or in offering libations. Its saucer shape allowed its contents to be poured out at once or suddenly. It was often of finely-wrought gold or silver (Herod. ii. 151; Pind. Nem. ix. 122), and it is a familiar object in classical article In the Septuagint denotes a bronze bowl or basin () used in the sacrificial ritual of Tabernacle or Temple (Exo 27:3)-the vessel in which the priest caught the warm blood of the victim, to dash it upon the altar. These uses of the word, with striking modifications, are reflected in Revelation. (1) In a single passage (Exo 27:8) it is employed with its classical connotation, except that the offering which the vessel holds is not the pagan libation of wine, but the Levitical gift of incense. The and the [representing perhaps all Nature and all saints] fell down before the Lamb, having golden bowls [ ] full of incense, The Vulgate has phialas aureas, but the proper Lat. equivalent of was patera, as in Virg. Geor. ii. 192, pateris libamus et auro. The subjoined interpretation of the bowls and their contents as the prayers of the saints is probably an editorial gloss suggested by Rev 8:4 (see Incense). (2) In every other passage where the word occurs the does not exhale a cloud of fragrant incense, sent up with the adoration of saints, but is filled with the hot, bitter, poisonous wine of the wrath of God, which earth is made to drink-a figure resembling the prophetic cup of reeling (Isa 51:17; Isa 51:22), but even more appalling. The seven angels who have the seven bowls are laden with the seven last plagues (Rev 21:9). Every emptied means an added judgment falling on land or sea or air (Rev 16:1 f.). Hence in common speech the words vials and wrath have become almost inseparably linked together.
James Strahan.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Bowl
is given in the Authorized Version as the rendering of several Heb. Words, the distinction between which is not very clear, and which are often translated by words expressive of different forms. SEE BASIN. It most frequently occurs in connection with the golden candlestick of the tabernacle, the sockets for the separate lamps of which are designated by (gebi’a, a cup, Exo 25:31; Exo 25:33-34; Exo 37:17; Exo 37:19-20; elsewhere a drinking-” cup,” Gen 44:2; Gen 44:12; Gen 44:16-17; or wine- pot,” Jer 35:5), taken by some to mean ornaments in the shape of the calix of a flower, a sense confirmed by the usage of the term in the cognate languages, and by its expressed resemblance to an almond blossom (in the passage last cited), The words and (gol and gullah’), used by the prophet Zechariah (iv, 2, 3) in his vision of the candlestick, signify a central reservoir for oil, from which pipes lead to each lamp. The other terms thus rendered are mostly vessels used in the services of the altar; these are, . (menakkiyoth’, used for libations, Exo 25:29; Exo 37:16; Num 4:7; Jer 52:19), together with (mizrak’) and (saph),both used for sprinkling the sacrificial blood, these latter terms being elsewhere usually rendered “bason.” The only remaining word thus translated is (se’phel, Jdg 6:38, a low flat ‘ dish,” as it is rendered in Jdg 5:25). SEE CUP; SEE DISH, etc.
Bowls, we may suppose, in the most early times, were made of wood, and of the shells of the larger kinds of nuts, as they are among uncivilized tribes at this day. The art of working in metal was practised by the Hebrews at an early period; this art they learned of the Egyptians during their residence among them. The, “bowls of pure gold” (Exo 25:29) for the service of the sanctuary were most probably vases of elegant workmanship, similar to those we find depicted on the Egyptian monuments. The Egyptian vases were exceedingly elegant, and of various forms (see Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. abridgm. i, 147-158). SEE BOTTLE. The favorite form of the Egyptian bowl was the lotus, while that of the Hebrews resembled a lily (Num 7:13; 1Ki 10:21; Jdg 5:25). Bowls would probably be used at meals for liquids, or broth, or pottage (2Ki 4:40). Modern Arabs are content with a few wooden bowls. In the British Museum are deposited several terra-cotta bowls with Chaldaean inscriptions of a superstitious character, expressing charms against sickness and evil spirits, which may possibly explain the “divining-cup” of Joseph (Gen 44:5). The bowl was filled with some liquid and drunk off as a charm against evil. See a case of Tippoo Sahib drinking water out of a black stone as a charm against misfortune (Gleig, Life of Munro, i, 218). One of the British Museum bowls still retains the stain of a liquid. These bowls, however, are thought by Mr. Birch not to be very ancient (Birch, Anc. Pottery, i, 154; comp. Shaw, Trav. p. 211). A modern traveller informs us that the bowls and dishes of the modern Arabs are of wood; those of their emirs are not unfrequently of copper, very neatly tinned. At a collation given by the grand emir of the Arabs whom he visited, there were large painted basins and bowls of wood placed before him; their being painted was, without doubt, a mark of honor to distinguish them from the ordinary wooden bowls. The “lordly dish” mentioned in Jdg 5:25 was probably something of .this -kind. Similar dishes of the most elegant construction, in bronze, have lately been discovered in the Assyrian ruins at Nimroud (Layard’s 2d Expedition, p. 181 sq.). There are also curious relics of this kind found at Babylon, containing Hebrew inscriptions that seem to date them at the time of the Talmudists (ib. p. 513 sq.). SEE VESSEL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bowl (2)
is given in the Authorized Version as the rendering of several Heb. Words, the distinction between which is not very clear, and which are often translated by words expressive of different forms. SEE BASIN. It most frequently occurs in connection with the golden candlestick of the tabernacle, the sockets for the separate lamps of which are designated by (gebi’a, a cup, Exo 25:31; Exo 25:33-34; Exo 37:17; Exo 37:19-20; elsewhere a drinking-” cup,” Gen 44:2; Gen 44:12; Gen 44:16-17; or wine- pot,” Jer 35:5), taken by some to mean ornaments in the shape of the calix of a flower, a sense confirmed by the usage of the term in the cognate languages, and by its expressed resemblance to an almond blossom (in the passage last cited), The words and (gol and gullah’), used by the prophet Zechariah (iv, 2, 3) in his vision of the candlestick, signify a central reservoir for oil, from which pipes lead to each lamp. The other terms thus rendered are mostly vessels used in the services of the altar; these are, . (menakkiyoth’, used for libations, Exo 25:29; Exo 37:16; Num 4:7; Jer 52:19), together with (mizrak’) and (saph),both used for sprinkling the sacrificial blood, these latter terms being elsewhere usually rendered “bason.” The only remaining word thus translated is (se’phel, Jdg 6:38, a low flat ‘ dish,” as it is rendered in Jdg 5:25). SEE CUP; SEE DISH, etc.
Bowls, we may suppose, in the most early times, were made of wood, and of the shells of the larger kinds of nuts, as they are among uncivilized tribes at this day. The art of working in metal was practised by the Hebrews at an early period; this art they learned of the Egyptians during their residence among them. The, “bowls of pure gold” (Exo 25:29) for the service of the sanctuary were most probably vases of elegant workmanship, similar to those we find depicted on the Egyptian monuments. The Egyptian vases were exceedingly elegant, and of various forms (see Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. abridgm. i, 147-158). SEE BOTTLE. The favorite form of the Egyptian bowl was the lotus, while that of the Hebrews resembled a lily (Num 7:13; 1Ki 10:21; Jdg 5:25). Bowls would probably be used at meals for liquids, or broth, or pottage (2Ki 4:40). Modern Arabs are content with a few wooden bowls. In the British Museum are deposited several terra-cotta bowls with Chaldaean inscriptions of a superstitious character, expressing charms against sickness and evil spirits, which may possibly explain the “divining-cup” of Joseph (Gen 44:5). The bowl was filled with some liquid and drunk off as a charm against evil. See a case of Tippoo Sahib drinking water out of a black stone as a charm against misfortune (Gleig, Life of Munro, i, 218). One of the British Museum bowls still retains the stain of a liquid. These bowls, however, are thought by Mr. Birch not to be very ancient (Birch, Anc. Pottery, i, 154; comp. Shaw, Trav. p. 211). A modern traveller informs us that the bowls and dishes of the modern Arabs are of wood; those of their emirs are not unfrequently of copper, very neatly tinned. At a collation given by the grand emir of the Arabs whom he visited, there were large painted basins and bowls of wood placed before him; their being painted was, without doubt, a mark of honor to distinguish them from the ordinary wooden bowls. The “lordly dish” mentioned in Jdg 5:25 was probably something of .this -kind. Similar dishes of the most elegant construction, in bronze, have lately been discovered in the Assyrian ruins at Nimroud (Layard’s 2d Expedition, p. 181 sq.). There are also curious relics of this kind found at Babylon, containing Hebrew inscriptions that seem to date them at the time of the Talmudists (ib. p. 513 sq.). SEE VESSEL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bowl
The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered “cup” (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine “pot” (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah’s vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Bowl
BOWL.It is impossible to distinguish with certainty between the numerous words reodered, somewhat indiscriminately, cup, bason, and bowl. The wandering Bedouin of to-day make little use, for obvious reasons, of the fragile products of the potters art, preferring vessels of skin, wood, and copper. The lordly dish with which Sisera was served (Jdg 5:25) was a bowl, doubtless of wood; so too, perhaps, Gideons bowl (Jdg 6:38) which bears the same name. For ordinary domestic purposes bowls of glazed or unglazed earthenware were preferred, of which specimens in endless variety have been unearthed (see Pottery). Among the wealthier classes silver and even gold (1Ki 10:21) were employed. Of one or other of these were doubtless the large bowlsthe word elsewhere used for the Basons (wh. see)from which the nobles of Samaria quaffed their wine (Amo 6:6). Similar, probably, were the large wine-bowls, distinguished from the smaller cups, to which Jeremiah refers (Jer 35:5 RV [Note: Revised Version.] and AV [Note: Authorized Version.] pots).
From the above are to be distinguished the bowl or reservoir for the oil of the candlestick (Zec 4:2 f.), the golden cup-like ornaments of the Tabernacle lampstand (Exo 25:31 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] bowls, RV [Note: Revised Version.] cups), and the bowls of the chapiters (2Ch 4:12 f. RV [Note: Revised Version.] and AV [Note: Authorized Version.] pommels). See, further, Cup, Bason, Vial.
For an important ritual use of bowls and lamps, recently discovered, see House, 3.
A. R. S. Kennedy.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Bowl
bol:
(1) The primitive Hebrews, like the wandering Bedouin of today, probably used bowls of wood, as less breakable than earthenware. Some hollow dish of the sort would be indispensable, even in the lowest stage of nomad life, to receive the milk of the flock, and as the common dish in which to serve the family meal. We have abundant proof, however, that vessels of earthenware of various sorts were in use by the settled peoples of Canaan in the earliest times. Many interesting specimens, characteristic of different peoples and ages, have been found by excavators of the PEF, especially recently by Flinders Petrie and Fred. Bliss at Tell el-Hesy (see Tell el-Hesy (Lachish), by Petrie, and A Mound of Many Cities, by Bliss) and by Macalister and others at Gezer, Taanach, Megiddo, etc. (see PEFS).
It was probably in some such dish – a bowl fit for lords (English Versions, a lordly dish) – that Jael offered. Sisera a draught of sour milk (Jdg 5:25; compare Arabic leben), and the bowl into which Gideon wrung the water from his fleece (Jdg 6:38) is denoted by the same word (, sephel; Septuagint lekane), though this may have been of earthenware instead of wood. Certainly the sephel was a dish of goodly size.
(2) Another word rendered sometimes bowl and sometimes basin is , mizrak. It is used of the large silver bowls presented by the princes of the congregation (Num 7:13 f). See BASIN. It is also applied by Amos (Amo 6:6) to the costly bowls used by the nobles of Samaria in their debaucheries.
(3) A still larger bowl is mentioned by Jer (Jer 35:5), the King James Version pot (, gabha). This same word is used of Joseph’s cup (Gen 44:2 f): Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth. As used at banquets it corresponds to the crater, from which the drinking cups (, kosoth) were replenished. The material seems to have been uniformly silver. But see (4).
(4) Bowl is used in the King James Version to translation , gabha, the bowls made like almonds (Exo 25:33 the King James Version), as applied to the cups (Revised Version), or calyxes, used to ornament the golden candlestick (see TABERNACLE). It seems to have been an elastic term.
(5) The bowl of Zec 4:3 (, gullah, found also in Zec 5:2 correct text), is represented as the receptacle for oil in the candlestick of the prophet’s vision. It is likewise used of the lamp of life (Ecc 12:6) and to designate the bowl-shaped capitals of Jachin and Boaz (1Ki 7:41, 1Ki 7:42; 2Ch 4:12, 2Ch 4:13).
(6) Bowl is found in Isa 51:17, Isa 51:22 the Revised Version (British and American), bowl of the cup (the King James Version dregs of the cup). Some think the second word here ( , kubbaath kos) is a gloss to explain the unusual preceding word.
(7) In Rev where the King James Version has vial (phiale) the Revised Version (British and American) has bowl. See BASIN.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bowl
Besides the use to which bowls are commonly put, the word is applied to ornaments in the shape of a bowl placed on columns or on the golden candlestick. Exo 25:31-34; Exo 37:17-20; 1Ki 7:41-42.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bowl
Made of gold:
– For the tabernacle
Exo 25:29; Exo 37:16
– For the temple
1Ki 7:50; 1Ch 28:17; 2Ch 4:8
Made of silver
Num 4:7; Num 7:13; Num 7:19; Num 7:25; Num 7:31; Num 7:37; Num 7:43; Num 7:49; Num 7:55; Num 7:61; Num 7:67; Num 7:73; Num 7:79; Num 7:84
Stamped »Holiness to the Lord«
Zec 14:20-21 Basin
Figurative
Ecc 12:6
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Bowl
(Eng., “phial”) denotes “a bowl;” so the RV, for AV, “vial,” in Rev 5:8; Rev 15:7; Rev 16:1-4, Rev 16:8, Rev 16:10, Rev 16:12, Rev 16:17; Rev 17:1; Rev 21:9; the word is suggestive of rapidity in the emptying of the contents. While the seals (ch. 6) give a general view of the events of the last “week” or “hebdomad,” in the vision given to Daniel, Dan 9:23-27, the “trumpets” refer to the judgments which, in a more or less extended period, are destined to fall especially, though not only, upon apostate Christendom and apostate Jews. The emptying of the “bowls” betokens the final series of judgments in which this exercise of the wrath of God is “finished” (Rev 15:1, RV). These are introduced by the 7th trumpet. See Rev 11:15 and the successive order in Rev 11:18, “the nations were wroth, and Thy wrath came …;” see also Rev 6:17; Rev 14:19-20; Rev 19:11-21.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Bowl
Exo 25:31 (c) The bowl held the surplus. It indicates by figure that the Lord wants His light bearers to have a large amount of surplus ministry to give to GOD’s people at all times.