Difference between revisions of "Base"

<p> ''''' bās ''''' : </p> <p> (1) Substantive from Latin <i> basis </i> , Greek βάσις , <i> ''''' básis ''''' </i> , a foundation. ( <i> a </i> ) (מכונה , <i> ''''' mekhōnāh ''''' </i> ): the fixed resting-place on which the lavers in Solomon's temple were set (1 Ki 7:27-43; &nbsp;2 Kings 16:17; &nbsp;2 Kings 25:13 , &nbsp;2 Kings 25:16; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 4:14; &nbsp;Jeremiah 27:19; &nbsp;Jeremiah 52:17 , &nbsp;Jeremiah 52:20; compare &nbsp;Ezra 3:3; &nbsp;Zechariah 5:11 the American Revised Version, margin). ( <i> b </i> ) (כּן , <i> ''''' kēn ''''' </i> ): pedestal in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:29 , &nbsp;1 Kings 7:31 ) and in the Revised Version (British and American) only (&nbsp;Exodus 30:18 , &nbsp;Exodus 30:28; &nbsp;Exodus 31:9; &nbsp;Exodus 35:16; &nbsp;Exodus 38:8; &nbsp;Exodus 39:39; &nbsp;Exodus 40:11; &nbsp;Leviticus 8:11 ) of the base of the laver of the tabernacle (the King James Version "foot"). ( <i> c </i> ) (ירך , <i> ''''' yārēkh ''''' </i> ): "base of candlestick" (the Revised Version (British and American) of &nbsp;Exodus 25:31; &nbsp;Exodus 37:17 ) the King James Version "shaft." ( <i> d </i> ) (יסוד , <i> ''''' yeṣōdh ''''' </i> ): the Revised Version (British and American) "base of altar"; the King James Version "bottom" (&nbsp;Exodus 29:12; &nbsp;Exodus 38:8; &nbsp;Leviticus 4:7 , &nbsp;Leviticus 4:18 , &nbsp;Leviticus 4:25 , &nbsp;Leviticus 4:30 , &nbsp;Leviticus 4:34; &nbsp;Leviticus 5:9; &nbsp;Leviticus 8:15; &nbsp;Leviticus 9:9 ). ( <i> e </i> ) (גּב , <i> ''''' gabh ''''' </i> ): the Revised Version (British and American) "elevation," i.e. basement of altar; the King James Version "higher place" (&nbsp;Ezekiel 43:13 ). </p> <p> (2) Adjective from French <i> bas </i> - low, or [[Welsh]] <i> bâs </i> - "shallow": of lowly birth or station, of voluntary humility and of moral depravity. ( <i> a </i> ) (שׁפל , <i> ''''' shāphāl ''''' </i> , שפל , <i> ''''' shephal ''''' </i> ): of David's self-humiliation (&nbsp;2 Samuel 6:22 ): "a modest unambitious kingdom" (&nbsp;Ezekiel 17:14; &nbsp;Ezekiel 29:14 , &nbsp;Ezekiel 29:15 ( <i> BDB </i> ); &nbsp;Daniel 4:17 (the American Standard Revised Version "lowest")): compare <i> ''''' shephēlāh ''''' </i> = "lowland." ( <i> b </i> ) (קלה , <i> ''''' ḳālāh ''''' </i> ): men of humble birth and station as opposed to the nobles (&nbsp;Isaiah 3:5 ). ( <i> c </i> ) (בּלי־שׁם , <i> ''''' b ''''' e ''''' lı̄ ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' shēm ''''' </i> ): "nameless," "of no account": "children of fools, yea, children of base men" (&nbsp;Job 30:8 ). ( <i> d </i> ) The King James Version men, sons, daughters, children of Belial; literally "worthless persons"; in the American Standard Revised Version "base," except &nbsp;1 Samuel 1:16 "wicked woman"; also the English Revised Version of &nbsp; Deuteronomy 13:13 , "base," which elsewhere retains the King James Version rendering. ( <i> e </i> ) (ταπεινός , <i> ''''' tapeinós ''''' </i> ): "lowly," "humble or abject" (&nbsp;2 Corinthians 10:1 ); the Revised Version (British and American), "lowly"; so Paul's enemies said he appeared when present in the church at Corinth. ( <i> f </i> ) (ἀγενής , <i> ''''' agenḗs ''''' </i> ): "of low birth," "of no account" (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:28 ): "base things of the world." ( <i> g </i> ) (ἀγοραῖος , <i> ''''' agoraı́os ''''' </i> ): "belonging to the market-place," loafers, worthless characters (&nbsp;Acts 17:5 ): "certain lewd fellows of the baser sort"; the Revised Version (British and American) "certain vile fellows of the rabble." </p>

<p> (as a noun) is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of two Hebrews words: </p> <p> '''1.''' '''''כֵּן''''' , ''Ken,'' the foundation or ''Pedestal,'' e.g. of the laver (q.v.) in the temple- court ("foot," &nbsp;Exodus 30:18, etc.); then, the "base over the ledges" ( '''''שְׁלִבַּם''''' , ''Joints'' ) of the brazen sea (q.v.), in &nbsp;1 Kings 7:29, apparently explained in &nbsp;1 Kings 7:31 as a "work' of the base" ( '''''מִעֲשֵׂהאּכֵן''''' ), perhaps a ''Pediment-Like Cornice'' covering the joints; but the whole description is exceedingly obscure. (See [[Ledge]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' '''''מְכוֹנָה''''' ''Mekonah','' or '''''מְכוּנָה''''' , ''Mekunah','' a foot-piece or [[Stand]] upon which to place the lavers in the temple-service (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:27-43, etc.). (See [[Laver]]). </p>