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One occurrence of the verb is in 1 Chron. 13:4: “And all the congregation said that
they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.” In this usage
has the sense of being pleasing or agreeable. In Hab. 2:4 the word implies an
ethical uprightness.
C. Nouns.
(
, 3476), “straightness.” This noun occurs about 15 times. One occurrence
is in Prov. 2:13: “Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness.”
Other nouns occur less frequently.
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means “uprightness” and occurs once (1
Kings 3:6). The noun
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is an honorific title for Israel (Deut. 32:15; 33:5).
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means “level place, uprightness.” In 1 Kings 20:23
refers to “level country”; in
Isa. 11:4 the word refers to “uprightness”: “… And reprove with equity for the meek of
the earth.…”
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VESSEL
(
, 3627), “vessel; receptacle; stuff clothing; utensil; tool; instrument;
ornament or jewelry; armor or weapon; male sex organ.” A cognate to this word appears
in Akkadian.
appears in biblical Hebrew about 320 times and in all periods.
This word is used of “receptacles” of various kinds used for storing and transporting.
Thus Jacob said to Laban: “Whereas thou hast searched through all my stuff [literally,
receptacles], what hast thou found of all thy household stuff [literally, from all the
receptacles of thy house]?” (Gen. 31:37). Such “receptacles” may be made of wood (Lev.
11:32) or potsherd or clay (Lev. 6:28). They may be used to hold documents (Jer. 32:14),
wine, oil, fruits (Jer. 40:10), food (Ezek. 4:9), beverage (Ruth 2:9), or bread (1 Sam. 9:7).
Even a shepherd’s bag is a
(1 Sam. 17:40). In 1 Sam. 17:22 the word is used of
baggage, or “receptacles” (his shepherd’s bag?) and what is in them: “And David left his
carriage in the hand of the [baggage keeper].…” The sailors on the ship in which Jonah
sailed “cast forth the wares [cargo] … into the sea, to lighten it of them” (Jon. 1:5).
Ships are called “receptacles,” presumably because they can hold people: “That
sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters …” (Isa.
18:2).
can mean “clothing”: “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a
man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination
unto the Lord thy God” (Deut. 22:5).
The word may be used of various “vessels and utensils”: “And the four tables were of
hewn stone for the burnt offering … : whereupon also they laid the instruments
wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice” (Ezek. 40:42). In Gen. 45:20
this word refers to movable but large possessions: Pharaoh told Joseph to tell his brothers
to take wagons and bring their family to Egypt, and “regard not your stuff; for the good