栋
dòng
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How is 栋 read in the Chinese Bible?
栋 is read dòng in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses across 5 books, first in 1 Kings 6:9. Common words: 栋梁.
- Occurrences
- 7
- Verses
- 7
- Books
- 5
- First in
- 1 Kings 6:9
Words it forms in the Bible
- 栋梁dòng liáng× 7ridgepole
Meaning: ridge-beam; the main support of a house
In the text
- 1 Kings 6:9
所罗门建殿，安置香柏木的栋梁，又用香柏木板遮盖。
- 1 Kings 6:10
靠着殿所造的旁屋，每层高五肘，香柏木的栋梁搁在殿墙坎上。
- 2 Chronicles 3:7
又用金子贴殿和殿的栋梁、门槛、墙壁、门扇；墙上雕刻基路伯。
- 2 Chronicles 34:11
就是交给木匠、石匠，买凿成的石头和架木与栋梁，修犹大王所毁坏的殿。
- Psalms 104:3
在水中立楼阁的栋梁， 用云彩为车辇， 借着风的翅膀而行，
- Song of Solomon 1:17
以香柏树为房屋的栋梁， 以松树为椽子。
- Habakkuk 2:11
墙里的石头必呼叫； 房内的栋梁必应声。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.