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There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version:

A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Genesis 40:16; Exodus 29:3,23; Leviticus 8:2,26,31; Numbers 6:15,17,19 ). Sometimes baskets were made of twigs peeled; their manufacture was a recognized trade among the Hebrews.

That used (Heb. salsilloth') in gathering grapes (Jeremiah 6:9 ).

That in which the first fruits of the harvest were presented, Heb. tene, (Deuteronomy 26:2,4 ). It was also used for household purposes. In form it tapered downwards like that called Corbis by the Romans.

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 ).

A basket (Heb. dud) for carrying figs (Jeremiah 24:2 ), also clay to the brick-yard (RSV, Psalm 81:6 ), and bulky articles (2 Kings 10:7 ). This word is also rendered in the Authorized Version "kettle" (1 Samuel 2:14 ), "caldron" (2 Chronicles 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 Matthew 15:37 (Gr. spuris, large "rope-basket"); also of the basket in which Paul escaped ( Acts 9:25 , Gr. spuris; 2 Corinthians 11 :: 33 , Gr. sargane, "basket of plaited cords").

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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Basket'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/basket.html. 1897.

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