כִּיֹּור

n.m. 1 K 7:38 pot, basin (NH כִּיּוֹר wash-basin, so Aramaic כִּיּוֹרָא)—abs. כִּיֹּר 1 K 7:30 + 8 times; כִּיּוֹר 1 S 2:14 + 5 times; cstr. כִּיּוֹר Ex 30:18 + 2 times; pl. abs. כִּיֹּרוֹת 1 K 7:40 (but v. infr.), 2 Ch 4:14; כִּיֹּרֹת 1 K 7:43; כִּיּוֹרִים 2 Ch 4:6; cstr. כִּיֹּרוֹת 1 K 7:38;— pot for cooking 1 S 2:14 (‖ דּוּד, קַלַּחַת, פָּרוּר). fire-pot כִּיּוֹר אֵשׁ Zc 12:6 (‖ לַפִּיד אֵשׁ; fig. of chiefs of Judah). basin of bronze for washing laver; set on a bronze support before tabernacle Ex 30:18, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:7, 11, 30 Lv 8:11 (all P). 10 in number, 5 at front corners of temple 1 K 7:30, 38(×3), 43 2 K 16:17 2 Ch 4:14, 2 Ch 4:6 (1 K 7:40 read הַסִּירוֹת as v 45 and ‖ 2 Ch 4:11, 16, so Heb. Codd. 𝔊 𝔙 Th Ke Sta Klo al.) platform or stage of bronze (prob. round, bowl-like in shape) on which, according to Chr, solomon stood and kneeled 2 Ch 6:13.