檐
yán
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How is 檐 read in the Chinese Bible?
檐 is read yán in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in 1 Kings 7:9.
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First in
- 1 Kings 7:9
Words it forms in the Bible
- 檐yán× 3eaves
Meaning: the eaves of a house; edge, brim
In the text
- 1 Kings 7:9
建造这一切所用的石头都是宝贵的，是按着尺寸凿成的，是用锯里外锯齐的；从根基直到檐石，从外头直到大院，都是如此。
- Ezekiel 40:13
又量门洞，从这卫房顶的后檐到那卫房顶的后檐，宽二十五肘；卫房门与门相对。
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.