5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laver \Lav"er\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. lavour, F. lavoir, L.
lavatorium a washing place See {Lavatory}.]
1. A vessel for washing; a large basin.
2. (Script. Hist.)
a A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the
Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed
their hands and feet.
b One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which
the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
3. That which washes or cleanses. --J. H. Newman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laver \Lav"er\, n. [From {Lave} to wash.]
One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laver \La"ver\ (l[=a]"v[~e]r), n.
The fronds of certain marine alg[ae] used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva
latissima}; purple laver, {Porphyra laciniata} and {P.
vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with
other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also
{sloke}, or {sloakan}.
{Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the
genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
laver
n 1: (Old Testament) a large basin used by a priest in an ancient
Jewish Temple to perform ritual ablutions
2: edible red seaweeds [syn: {red laver}]
3: seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds [syn: {sea
lettuce}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Laver
(Heb. kiyor), a basin" for boiling in a pan" for cooking (1
Sam. 2:14), a "fire-pan" or hearth (Zech. 12:6), the sacred
wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple (Ex. 30:18, 28; 31:9;
35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:7, 11, 30, etc.), a basin for the water
used by the priests in their ablutions.
That which was originally used in the tabernacle was of brass
(rather copper; Heb. nihsheth), made from the metal mirrors the
women brought out of Egypt (Ex. 38:8). It contained water
wherewith the priests washed their hands and feet when they
entered the tabernacle (40:32). It stood in the court between
the altar and the door of the tabernacle (30:19, 21).
In the temple there were ten lavers used for the sacrifices,
and the molten sea for the ablutions of the priests (2 Chr.
4:6). The position and uses of these are described 1 Kings
7:23-39; 2 Chr. 4:6. The "molten sea" was made of copper, taken
from Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezer, king of Zobah (1
Chr. 18:8; 1 Kings 7:23-26).
No lavers are mentioned in the second temple.
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