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H105 · Hebrew · Old Testament
אֲגַרְטָל
Aggartal
Noun, masculine
Basin, bowl

Definition

The Hebrew noun aggartal (אֲגַרְטָל) refers to a basin or broad, shallow bowl — likely a Persian loanword — used for holding liquids. It appears in the inventory of temple vessels returned from Babylon.

Usage & Theological Significance

The temple vessels carried enormous theological weight. Their looting by Nebuchadnezzar signified judgment; their return under Cyrus (Ezra 1:9–11) signified restoration. God's faithfulness to His covenant was made tangible in the return of these sacred objects, foreshadowing the greater restoration through Christ in whom all things are recapitulated.

Key Bible Verses

Ezra 1:9 This was the inventory: thirty golden basins, a thousand silver basins, twenty-nine knives.
Ezra 1:11 All the articles of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred.
1 Kings 7:50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold.
Numbers 7:13 his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels.
Ezra 1:7 Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem.

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