gevia · cup, bowl

What it means

gevia (גְּבִיעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cup, bowl”.

Large cup, goblet. On the lampstand of the sanctuary, the cups shaped like flowers.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A large vessel for drinking or serving wine.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cups ×8
• cup ×5
• jars ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Exodus×8
• Jeremiah×1

• Genesis 44:2

  And my cup, the silver cup, put in the mouth of the bag of the youngest, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did according to the word of Joseph that he had spoken.

• Genesis 44:12

  He searched, beginning with the oldest and finishing with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s bag.

• Genesis 44:16

  Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? And how shall we declare ourselves righteous? Elohim has found out the iniquity of your servants. Here we are, slaves to my lord, both we and the one in whose hand the cup was found.”

• Genesis 44:17

  But he said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found, he will be my slave; and you, go up in peace to your father.”

• Exodus 25:31

  You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work the lampstand shall be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

• Exodus 25:33

  three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, with knob and flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the other branch, with knob and flower; so for the six branches that go out from the lampstand.

• Exodus 25:34

  And on the lampstand itself four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers;

• Exodus 37:17

  And he made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand, its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it.

• Exodus 37:19

  Three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the one branch, a knob and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on another branch, a knob and a flower; so for the six branches that went out from the lampstand.

• Exodus 37:20

  And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers.

• Jeremiah 35:5

  And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites jars full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, “Drink wine.”

And 3 more times.