The Definition of the word Basket

Basket

There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the "Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier)" "for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31;" "Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were made of twigs peeled;" their manufacture was a recognized trade among the Hebrews. "(2.) That used (Heb. salsilloth') in gathering grapes (Jer. 6:9). "(3.) That in which the first fruits of the harvest were "presented, Heb. tene, (Deut. 26:2, 4). It was also used for" household purposes. In form it tapered downwards like that called corbis by the Romans. "(4.) A basket (Heb. kelub) having a lid, resembling a bird-cage. It was made of leaves or rushes. The name is also applied to "fruit-baskets (Amos 8:1, 2)." "(5.) A basket (Heb. dud) for carrying figs (Jer. 24:2), also "clay to the brick-yard (R.V., Ps. 81:6), and bulky articles (2" Kings 10:7). This word is also rendered in the Authorized "Version "kettle" (1 Sam. 2:14), "caldron" (2 Chr. 35:13)," seething-pot (Job 41:20). "In the New Testament mention is made of the basket (Gr. "kophinos, small "wicker-basket") for the "fragments" in the" "miracle recorded Mark 6:43, and in that recorded Matt. 15:37" "(Gr. spuris, large "rope-basket"); also of the basket in which" "Paul escaped (Acts 9:25, Gr. spuris; 2 Cor. 11: 33, Gr. sargane," basket of plaited cords).