Strong’s H5672 · Hebrew
עֲבִי
ʻăbîy · ab-ee'
Origin or עֳבִי]; from עָבָה (H5666);
Meaning density, i.e. depth or width
In the King James Version thick(-ness). Compare עָב (H5645).
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Kings 7:26And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
- Job 15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
- Jeremiah 52:21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.