מְכוֹנָה
me.kho.nah
base
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word מְכוֹנָה (me.kho.nah) is defined as "base." As a word with 24 occurrences in the Bible, its usage is fairly widespread. Given its meaning, it's likely that me.kho.nah is used in various contexts where something serves as the foundation or starting point of another thing. Me.kho.nah might be used to describe the root or foundation of a structure, such as a house or a foundation of a wall. It could also be applied metaphorically to describe the underpinning of an idea, a system, or even human relationships. Its significance lies in highlighting the importance of a stable or secure base from which something else can grow, develop, or function effectively.
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Occurrences in Scripture
24 total occurrences across the text
In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
Jeremiah 27:19For Yahweh of Armies says concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,
Jeremiah 52:17The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house, and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house in pieces, and carried all of their bronze to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:20They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
1 Kings 7:27He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
1 Kings 7:27He made the ten bases of bronze. The length of one base was four cubits, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
1 Kings 7:28The work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
1 Kings 7:30Every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of bronze; and the four feet of it had supports. The supports were cast beneath the basin, with wreaths at the side of each.
1 Kings 7:32The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base. The height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
1 Kings 7:34There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
1 Kings 7:34There were four supports at the four corners of each base. Its supports were of the base itself.
1 Kings 7:35In the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were the same.
1 Kings 7:35In the top of the base there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its supports and its panels were the same.
1 Kings 7:37He made the ten bases in this way: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
1 Kings 7:38He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.
1 Kings 7:38He made ten basins of bronze. One basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.
1 Kings 7:39He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward and toward the south.
1 Kings 7:43the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
1 Kings 7:43the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
2 Kings 16:17King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
2 Kings 25:13The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon.
2 Kings 25:16The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed.
2 Chronicles 4:14He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases;
2 Chronicles 4:14He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases;