臼
jiù
advancedRadical 臼Strokes 6
How is 臼 read in the Chinese Bible?
臼 is read jiù in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Numbers 11:8.
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 2
- First in
- Numbers 11:8
Words it forms in the Bible
- 臼jiù× 3mortar
Meaning: mortar; bone joint socket
In the text
- Numbers 11:8
百姓周围行走，把吗哪收起来，或用磨推，或用臼捣，煮在锅中，又做成饼，滋味好像新油。
- Numbers 13:15
属迦得支派的有玛基的儿子臼利。
- Proverbs 27:22
你虽用杵将愚妄人与打碎的麦子一同捣在臼中， 他的愚妄还是离不了他。
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.