בַּתbath
בַּת: bath, (a measure), בָּתָה see below בתת
Pronunciation: bath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1324
Meanings
בַּת: a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר, The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparently approximately 40 litres (Ezekiel 45:14; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11; Ezekiel 45:10; 2 Chronicles 2:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 7:26 The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 11,000 gallons of water.
- 1 Kings 7:38 Huram also made ten smaller bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and could hold 220 gallons of water.
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.”
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 The walls of the Sea were about three inches thick, and its rim flared out like a cup and resembled a water lily blossom. It could hold about 16,500 gallons of water.
- Isaiah 5:10 Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.”
- Ezekiel 45:10 Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).