כִּיֹּר (kîyōr) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning pot. It appears
23 times
in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3595).
Also rendered
basin
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 967d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 967d)pot, basin; fire-pot; laver; platform, stage; round, excavated, bored, dish, caldron, washbowl, pulpit; hearth, pan, scaffold
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
כִּיֹּרnoun, masculine: pot, basin
1.pot for cooking
2.fire-pot
3.basin of bronze for washing, laver; set on a bronze support
4.platform or stage of bronze (probably round, bowl-like in shape) on which, Solomon stood and kneeled
Strong's H3595כִּיּוֹר: properly, something round (as excavated or bored), i.e. a chafing-dish for coals or a caldron for cooking; hence (from similarity of form) a washbowl; also (for the same reason) a pulpit or platform KJV:hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 967: כורkwr — be, make round, furnace, pot, basin, wind about, turn, twist, blacksmith's fire-place, hornets', bees' nest, bundle