ʻăbîy — H5672

Definition

masculine noun

density, i.e. depth or width

1. thickness

Usually translated as

thick, thickness

Origin

or ʻŏbîy]; from H5666

• Derived from ʻâbâh (H5666)

Greek equivalents

• plátos (G4114)

Occurrences

ʻăbîy occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 1 Kings 7:26 — And it was an hand breadth thick (וְעָבְי֣וֹ), and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
• 2 Chronicles 4:5 — And the thickness (וְעָבְי֣וֹ) of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
• Job 15:26 — He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick (בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י) bosses of his bucklers:
• Jeremiah 52:21 — And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness (וְעָבְי֛וֹ) thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.