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Bowl

/BOHL/

Summary

A vessel used for various purposes in worship and daily life, made of silver, gold, or other materials.

☩Sacred Vessels

Bowls were important items in tabernacle and temple worship. Silver bowls were presented by the tribal leaders at the dedication of the tabernacle, each weighing seventy shekels. Golden bowls were used in the temple service, and bowls of various types appear throughout the sanctuary furnishings.

Key verses:Numbers 7:131 Kings 7:502 Chronicles 4:8

☩Symbolic Usage

In Revelation, golden bowls full of incense represent the prayers of the saints, and seven bowls of God's wrath are poured out upon the earth in judgment.

Key verses:Revelation 5:8Revelation 16:1-17

Related Verses40 mentions

Numbers· 15 verses

4:77:137:197:257:31

Exodus· 8 verses

25:2925:3125:3325:3437:16

Zechariah· 5 verses

4:24:39:1514:2014:21

1 Kings· 3 verses

7:417:427:50

See Also

Josaphat before the Baptismal Font with a Tonsured Cleric
Basin

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Bowl," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Bowl," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.George Morrish, "Bowl," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).