ʻăzârâh — H5835

Definition

feminine noun

an inclosure; also a border

1. enclosure
1. ledge (surrounding Ezekiel's altar)
2. court (outer one of temple)

Usually translated as

settle, court

Origin

from H5826 in its original meaning of surrounding

• Derived from ʻâzar (H5826)

Greek equivalents

• aulḗ (G833)
• hierós (G2413)
• hilastḗrion (G2435)

Occurrences

ʻăzârâh occurs 9 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (2), Ezekiel (4)

• 2 Chronicles 4:9 — Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court (וְהָעֲזָרָ֖ה), and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
• 2 Chronicles 4:9 — Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court (לָעֲזָרָ֛ה), and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
• 2 Chronicles 6:13 — For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court (הָעֲזָרָה֒): and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
• Ezekiel 43:14 — And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle (הָעֲזָרָ֤ה) shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
• Ezekiel 43:14 — And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle (הָעֲזָרָ֤ה) even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
• Ezekiel 43:14 — And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle (וּמֵהֳעֲזָרָ֨ה) shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
• Ezekiel 43:17 — And the settle (וְהָעֲזָרָ֞ה) shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
• Ezekiel 43:20 — And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle (הָעֲזָרָ֔ה), and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
• Ezekiel 45:19 — And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle (הָעֲזָרָ֖ה) of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.