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        1 Kings 7:26,38 Ezekiel 45:10,14 Isaiah 5:10 <p> </p>

        1 Kings 7:38 2 Chronicles 2:10 Ezra 7:22 Isaiah 5:10 Ezekiel 45:14 Ezekiel 45:11 45:14[[Weights And Measures]] <p> </p>

        <p> A measure among the Hebrews, of the same dimensions as the ephah, which contained seven gallons and four pints, liquid measure; and three pecks, three pints, dry measure. ( Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10-11) </p>

        <p> <strong> BATH </strong> . A liquid measure; see Weights and Measures. </p>

        <p> B'ATH, n. </p> <blockquote> 1. A place for bathing a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge or wash their bodies in. [[Baths]] are warm or tepid, hot or cold, more generally called warm and cold. They are also natural or artificial. [[Natural]] baths are those which consist of spring water, either hot or cold, which is often impregnated with iron, and called chalybeate, or with sulphur, carbonic acid, and other mineral qualities. These waters are often very efficacious in scorbutic, bilious, dyspeptic and other complaints. </blockquote> <blockquote> 2. A place in which heat is applied to a body immersed in some substance. Thus, </blockquote> <p> A dry bath is made of hot sand, ashes, salt,or other matter, for the purpose of applying heat to a body immersed in them. </p> <p> A vapor bath is formed by filling an apartment with hot steam or vapor, in which the body sweats copiously, as in [[Russia]] or the term is used for the application of hot steam to a diseased part of the body. </p> <p> A metalline bath is water impregnated with iron or other metallic substance, and applied to a diseased part. </p> <p> In chimistry, a wet bath is formed by hot water in which is placed a vessel containing the matter which requires a softer heat than the naked fire. </p> <p> In medicine, the animal bath is made by wrapping the part affected in a warm skin just taken from an animal. </p> <blockquote> 3. A house for bathing. In some eastern countries, baths are very magnificent edifices. </blockquote> <blockquote> 4. A [[Hebrew]] measure containing the tenth of a homer, or seven gallons and four pints, as a measure for liquids and three pecks and three pints, as a dry measure. </blockquote>

        <p> See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. </p>

        <p> Bath. 1 Kings 7:25. See Measures. </p>

        <p> Bath. See [[Bathing]] or [[Measures]] . </p>

        <p> a measure of capacity for things liquid being the stone with the ephah, Ezekiel 45:11 , and containing ten homers, or seven gallons and four pints. </p>

        <p> ( בּת , <i> '''''bath''''' </i> ): A liquid measure equal to about 9 gallons, English measure. It seems to have been regarded as a standard for liquid measures ( Ezekiel 45:10 ), as in the case of the molten sea and the lavers in Solomon's temple ( 1 Kings 7:26 , 1 Kings 7:38 ), and for measuring oil and wine ( 2 Chronicles 2:10; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:14 ). Its relation to the homer is given in Ezekiel 45:11 , Ezekiel 45:14 ). See [[Weights And Measures]] . </p>

        <p> (See [[Bathe]]). </p> <p> (Heb. and Chald. id., בִּת, Sept. χοῖνιξ, κοτύλη ; occurs 1 Kings 7:26; 1 Kings 7:38; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 4:5; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10; Ezekiel 45:14; Ezra 7:22), a [[Hebrew]] measure for liquids, as wine and oil, equal to the EPHAH for things dry (Ezekiel as above), each being the tenth part of a HOMER (Ezekiel as above). In Luke 16:6, the [[Greek]] form βάτος occurs, where it is rendered "measure." According to [[Josephus]] ( βάδος ), it contained 72 sextarii (Ant. 8:2, 9). Its ordinary capacity appears to have been 8 gals. 3 qts. (See [[Measures]]). </p>

        <p> The largest town in Somerset, on the Avon; a cathedral city; a place of fashionable resort from the time of the Romans, on account of its hot baths and mineral waters, of which there are six springs; it was from 1704 to 1750 the scene of Beau Nash's triumphs; has a number of educational and other institutions, and a fine public park. </p>

        <ref name="term_30582"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/bath Bath from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_38926"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/bath Bath from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_47548"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/bath Bath from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_49904"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bath Bath from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_58606"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/bath Bath from King James Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_65090"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/bath Bath from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_69719"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/bath Bath from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_71898"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/bath Bath from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_80330"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/bath Bath from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_1501"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bath Bath from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

        <ref name="term_23304"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bath Bath from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>

        <ref name="term_68692"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/bath Bath from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>