עֲזָרָהʻăzârâh
enclosure, apparently
Pronunciation: az-aw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5835
Meanings
1. ledge surrounding Ezekiel's altar (Ezekiel 43:14; Ezekiel 43:17; Ezekiel 43:20)
2. outer court of temple (2 Chronicles 4:9; 2 Chronicles 6:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 He then built a courtyard for the priests, and also the large outer courtyard. He made doors for the courtyard entrances and overlaid them with bronze.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7 1⁄2 feet long, 7 1⁄2 feet wide, and 4 1⁄2 feet high and had placed it at the center of the Temple’s outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.
- Ezekiel 43:14 From the gutter the altar rises 3 1⁄2 feet to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide.
- Ezekiel 43:17 The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24 1⁄2 feet by 24 1⁄2 feet, with a 21-inch gutter and a 10 1⁄2-inch curb all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”
- Ezekiel 43:20 You will take some of its blood and smear it on the four horns of the altar, the four corners of the upper ledge, and the curb that runs around that ledge. This will cleanse and make atonement for the altar.
- Ezekiel 45:19 The priest will take blood from this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard.
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).