זֵר zer

Hebrew word for “border” · Strong’s H2213 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

border, moulding, circlet

How it is translated

Glosses given for zer in context, with how often each is used:

• molding 10

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 37 (5), Exodus 25 (3), Exodus 30 (2)

Forms

• זר 8
• לזרו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• זָהָב zahav “gold” 10
• צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 6
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 8
• טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 6
• טֹפַח tophach “handbreadth” 2
• מִסְגֶּרֶת misgeret “perimeter” 2
• גָּג gag “roof” 2
• צַד tsad “side” 2
• צֵלָע tsela “side” 2
• טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 2
• קִיר qir “wall” 2
• קֶרֶן qeren “horn” 2

Key verses

The verses using zer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 25:11 — And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
• Exodus 25:24 — And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
• Exodus 25:25 — And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
• Exodus 30:3 — And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of…
• Exodus 30:4 — And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be…
• Exodus 37:2 — And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
• Exodus 37:11 — And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
• Exodus 37:12 — Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
• Exodus 37:26 — And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
• Exodus 37:27 — And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.