4350. mekonah

Strong's Lexicon

mekonah: Base, Stand, Foundation

Original Word: מְכוֹנָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mkownah
Pronunciation: meh-ko-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (mek-o-naw')
Definition: Base, Stand, Foundation
Meaning: a pedestal, a spot

Word Origin: Derived from the root כון (kun), meaning "to be firm, established, or prepared."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance, the concept of a foundation or base can be related to Greek words such as θεμέλιος (themelios, Strong's G2310), meaning "foundation."

Usage: The Hebrew word "mekonah" refers to a physical base or stand, often used in the context of describing the bases or stands of the temple furnishings. It conveys the idea of something that is firmly established and serves as a support or foundation.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the temple was the center of worship and religious life. The furnishings of the temple, including the altars, lavers, and lampstands, were meticulously crafted and placed on bases or stands to ensure stability and proper function. The use of "mekonah" in this context underscores the importance of having a firm foundation in both physical and spiritual matters.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
fem. of makon
Definition
a fixed resting place, base
NASB Translation
foundation (1), pedestal (1), stand (7), stands (15).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְכוֺנָה, מְכֹנָה₂₅

noun feminine fixed resting-place, base; — absolute ׳מ 1 Kings 7:27 5t.; מְכֹנָה 1 Kings 7:34 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:35; suffix מְכֻנָתָתּ Zechariah 5:11 (Ges^{§ 27}, 3. R. 1); plural מְכוֺנוֺת Jeremiah 27:19, מְכֹנֹת 1 Kings 7:27 12t.; suffix מְכוֺנֹתָ֯ו Ezra 3:3; — base or stand of laver כִּיּוֺד 1 Kings 7:27 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 1 Kings 7; 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Kings 25:13,16 = Jeremiah 52:17,20; Jeremiah 27:19; 2Chronicles 4:14 (twice in verse); of altar Ezra 3:3; of the symbolic ephah Zechariah 5:11.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

base

Or mkonah {mek-o-naw'}; feminine of makown; a pedestal, also a spot -- base.

see HEBREW makown

Forms and Transliterations

בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה במכונה הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֛וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה הַמְּכֹנָה֙ הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃ הַמְּכוֹנָ֖ה הַמְּכוֹנָ֗ה הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה המכונה המכנה המכנות המכנות׃ וְהַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת והמכנות לַמְּכוֹנָ֤ה למכונה מְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יו מכונתיו bam·mə·ḵō·w·nāh bammechoNah bamməḵōwnāh ham·mə·ḵō·nāh ham·mə·ḵō·nō·wṯ ham·mə·ḵō·w·nāh hammechoNah hammechoNot hamməḵōnāh hamməḵōnōwṯ hamməḵōwnāh lam·mə·ḵō·w·nāh lammechoNah lamməḵōwnāh mə·ḵō·w·nō·ṯāw meChonoTav məḵōwnōṯāw vehammechoNot wə·ham·mə·ḵō·nō·wṯ wəhamməḵōnōwṯ

Englishman's Concordance

1 Kings 7:27
HEB: וַיַּ֧עַשׂ אֶת־ הַמְּכֹנ֛וֹת עֶ֖שֶׂר נְחֹ֑שֶׁת
NAS: the ten stands of bronze;
KJV: And he made ten bases of brass; four
INT: made stands the ten of bronze

1 Kings 7:27
HEB: בָּאַמָּ֗ה אֹ֚רֶךְ הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה הָֽאֶחָ֔ת וְאַרְבַּ֤ע
NAS: of each stand was four
KJV: of one base, and four
INT: cubits the length stand of each four

1 Kings 7:28
HEB: וְזֶ֛ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הַמְּכוֹנָ֖ה מִסְגְּרֹ֣ת לָהֶ֑ם
NAS: was the design of the stands: they had borders,
KJV: And the work of the bases [was] on this [manner]: they had borders,
INT: This was the design of the stands had borders even

1 Kings 7:30
HEB: אוֹפַנֵּ֨י נְחֹ֜שֶׁת לַמְּכוֹנָ֤ה הָֽאַחַת֙ וְסַרְנֵ֣י
NAS: Now each stand had four bronze
KJV: And every base had four brasen
INT: wheels bronze stand now each axles

1 Kings 7:32
HEB: וִיד֥וֹת הָאֽוֹפַנִּ֖ים בַּמְּכוֹנָ֑ה וְקוֹמַת֙ הָאוֹפַ֣ן
NAS: of the wheels [were] on the stand. And the height
KJV: of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height
INT: and the axles of the wheels the stand and the height of a wheel

1 Kings 7:34
HEB: אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנּ֔וֹת הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה הָֽאֶחָ֑ת מִן־
NAS: of each stand; its supports
KJV: of one base: [and] the undersetters
INT: the four corners stand of each at

1 Kings 7:34
HEB: הָֽאֶחָ֑ת מִן־ הַמְּכֹנָ֖ה כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: its supports [were] part of the stand itself.
KJV: [and] the undersetters [were] of the very base itself.
INT: of each at of the stand supports

1 Kings 7:35
HEB: וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ הַמְּכוֹנָ֗ה חֲצִ֧י הָאַמָּ֛ה
NAS: On the top of the stand [there was] a circular
KJV: And in the top of the base [was there] a round
INT: the top of the stand half A cubit

1 Kings 7:35
HEB: וְעַ֨ל רֹ֤אשׁ הַמְּכֹנָה֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וּמִסְגְּרֹתֶ֖יהָ
NAS: and on the top of the stand its stays
KJV: and on the top of the base the ledges
INT: and on the top of the stand stays borders

1 Kings 7:37
HEB: אֵ֖ת עֶ֣שֶׂר הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת מוּצָ֨ק אֶחָ֜ד
NAS: He made the ten stands like this: all
KJV: the ten bases: all of them had one
INT: made the ten stands casting had one

1 Kings 7:38
HEB: אֶחָד֙ עַל־ הַמְּכוֹנָ֣ה הָאַחַ֔ת לְעֶ֖שֶׂר
NAS: of the ten stands [was] one
KJV: of the ten bases one
INT: each and stands one of the ten

1 Kings 7:38
HEB: הָאַחַ֔ת לְעֶ֖שֶׂר הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃
INT: one of the ten stands

1 Kings 7:39
HEB: וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־ הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת חָמֵ֞שׁ עַל־
NAS: Then he set the stands, five
KJV: five bases on the right
INT: set the stands five and

1 Kings 7:43
HEB: וְאֶת־ הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹת עָ֑שֶׂר וְאֶת־
NAS: and the ten stands with the ten basins
KJV: And the ten bases, and ten lavers
INT: stands and the ten basins

1 Kings 7:43
HEB: עֲשָׂרָ֖ה עַל־ הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃
NAS: with the ten basins on the stands;
KJV: and ten lavers on the bases;
INT: the ten on the stands

2 Kings 16:17
HEB: אֶת־ הַמִּסְגְּר֣וֹת הַמְּכֹנ֗וֹת וַיָּ֤סַר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙
NAS: the borders of the stands, and removed
KJV: the borders of the bases, and removed
INT: Ahaz the borders of the stands and removed and

2 Kings 25:13
HEB: יְהוָ֗ה וְֽאֶת־ הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת וְאֶת־ יָ֧ם
NAS: of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze
KJV: of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen
INT: the house of the LORD and the stands sea and the bronze

2 Kings 25:16
HEB: הַיָּ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ וְהַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־ עָשָׂ֥ה
NAS: sea, and the stands which
KJV: sea, and the bases which Solomon
INT: sea the one and the stands which had made

2 Chronicles 4:14
HEB: וְאֶת־ הַמְּכֹנ֖וֹת עָשָׂ֑ה וְאֶת־
NAS: He also made the stands and he made
KJV: He made also bases, and lavers made
INT: the stands made the basins

2 Chronicles 4:14
HEB: עָשָׂ֖ה עַל־ הַמְּכֹנֽוֹת׃
NAS: and he made the basins on the stands,
KJV: and lavers made he upon the bases;
INT: made on the stands

Ezra 3:3
HEB: הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ עַל־ מְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יו כִּ֚י בְּאֵימָ֣ה
NAS: up the altar on its foundation, for they were terrified
KJV: the altar upon his bases; for fear
INT: the altar on foundation for were terrified

Jeremiah 27:19
HEB: הַיָּ֖ם וְעַל־ הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת וְעַל֙ יֶ֣תֶר
NAS: concerning the stands and concerning
KJV: and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue
INT: the sea concerning the stands and concerning the rest

Jeremiah 52:17
HEB: יְהוָ֗ה וְֽאֶת־ הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת וְאֶת־ יָ֧ם
NAS: of the LORD and the stands and the bronze
KJV: of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen
INT: to the house of the LORD and the stands sea and the bronze

Jeremiah 52:20
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ תַּ֣חַת הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה
NAS: the sea, [and] the stands, which
KJV: bulls that [were] under the bases, which king
INT: which were under the stands which had made

24 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4350
24 Occurrences

bam·mə·ḵō·w·nāh — 1 Occ.
ham·mə·ḵō·w·nāh — 7 Occ.
ham·mə·ḵō·nō·wṯ — 13 Occ.
lam·mə·ḵō·w·nāh — 1 Occ.
mə·ḵō·w·nō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·mə·ḵō·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.