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A shallow open vessel, represented by various Hebrew words. Heb. ʾăgarṭāl is probably a basket (Ezra 1:9), while ʾaggān indicates a bowl (Exod. 24:6). Heb. mizrāq (< zāraq, “sprinkle”) is a deep bowl into which was poured the blood of the slaughtered animals to be sprinkled on the sides of the altar of burnt offering (Exod. 29:15; cf. 38:3). Heb. kiyyôr nĕḥōšeṯ designates the “bronze laver” (so RSV) situated between the tent of meeting and the altar used for ceremonial washings (Exod. 30:17-21; cf. 1 Kgs. 7:38-39; 2 Chr. 4:6).

The vessel (Gk. niptḗr, from níptō, “wash off”) in which Jesus washed his disciples’ feet (John 13:5) may have been a kind of basin, though normally the Jews washed their feet by pouring water over them.

See Laver.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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