The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls ( Exodus 25:31,33,34 ; 37:17,19,20 ); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" ( Genesis 44:2,12,16 ), and wine "pot" ( Jeremiah 35:5 ). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name ( Zechariah 4:2,3 ); so also are the vessels used for libations ( Exodus 25:29 ; 37:16 ).
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)