מְנוֹרָהmᵉnôwrâh

lampstand

Pronunciation: men-o-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4501

Meanings

1. in private house (2 Kings 4:10)

2. ten lampstands in temple (1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chronicles 4:7; Jeremiah 52:19)

3. seven-branched lampstand in tabernacle (Exodus 25:31; Exodus 25:32; Leviticus 24:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 42 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 25:31 “Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
  • Exodus 25:32 Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
  • Exodus 25:33 Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
  • Exodus 25:34 Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
  • Exodus 25:35 There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
  • Exodus 26:35 Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
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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).