מַכְבֵּרmakbêr

a grate

Pronunciation: mak-bare' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4345

Meanings

a netted cloth or coverlet, of the cloth which Hazael dipped in water, and spread over Ben-hand's face to smother him (2 Kings 8:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 27:4 Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.
  • Exodus 35:16 the altar of burnt offering; the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;
  • Exodus 38:4 Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
  • Exodus 38:5 He cast four rings and attached them to the corners of the bronze grating to hold the carrying poles.
  • Exodus 38:30 which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils.
  • Exodus 39:39 the bronze altar; the bronze grating and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;

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).