מְנוֹרָה menorah

Hebrew word for “lampstand” · Strong’s H4501 · used 42 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

lamp stand

How it is translated

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

• lampstand 35
• lampstands 6
• will be on the lampstand 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 25 (5), Exodus 37 (4), Numbers 8 (3), Exodus 40 (2), 2 Chronicles 4 (2), Zechariah 4 (2), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 31 (1), Exodus 35 (1)

Forms

• המנרה 14
• המנורה 4
• מנרה 4
• מנרת 3
• המנרות 3
• ומנורה 3
• ובמנרה 2
• מנורה 2
• והמנרה 1
• למנרות 1

Words used with it

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

• נֵר ner “lamp” 12
• פֶּרַח perach “flower” 8
• כַּפְתּוֹר kaphtor “capital” 7
• שֻׁלְחָן shulchan “table” 8
• גָּבִיעַ gevia “cup” 6
• קָנֶה qaneh “branch” 7
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 10
• שָׁקַד shaqad “be almond shaped” 4
• טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 6
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 6
• יָרֵךְ yarekh “thigh” 4
• מִקְשָׁה miqshah “beating” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 25:31 — And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his…
• Exodus 37:17 — And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the…
• Exodus 40:24 — And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
• Leviticus 24:4 — He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
• Numbers 3:31 — And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the…
• Numbers 8:2 — Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
• 1 Kings 7:49 — And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
• 2 Chronicles 4:7 — And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
• 2 Chronicles 4:20 — Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
• 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…
• Jeremiah 52:19 — And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that…
• Zechariah 4:2 — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps…

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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.