Spoon
/SPOON/
Summary
A hollow dish or pan used as a censer in the tabernacle and temple for burning incense.
☩Sacred Use
The Hebrew 'kaph' (meaning 'hand' from its hollow shape) designates the incense vessels of the tabernacle and temple. At the dedication of the altar, each tribal leader brought 'one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense.' The twelve golden spoons filled with incense were presented as offerings.
Key verses:Exodus 25:29Numbers 4:7Numbers 7:14, 861 Kings 7:50
☩Ancient Eating Customs
The Orientals generally ate with their fingers and had no need for spoons as we know them. Spoons were introduced only for soup or other liquids. Egyptian spoons were made of ivory, bone, wood, or bronze, often ornamented with lotus flowers or figures of animals or humans.
Key verses:2 Kings 25:142 Chronicles 24:14Jeremiah 52:18-19
Related Verses24 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Spoon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Spoon," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.James Orr (ed.), "Spoon," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 4.John McClintock and James Strong, "Spoon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 5.John McClintock and James Strong, "Spoon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).