Dict: easton - Bath

easton:

Bath @ a Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (kjvKings:7:26,38; kjv@Ezekiel:45:10 kjv@Ezekiel:45:14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" kjv@Isaiah:5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

Bath-rabbim @ daughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were pools (Cant.7:4).

Bath-sheba @ daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5), was the daughter of Eliam ( kjv@2Samuel:11:3) or Ammiel ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her ( kjv@2Samuel:11:4-5; kjv@Psalms:51:1). The child born in adultery died ( kjv@2Samuel:12:15-19). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of Solomon (12:24; kjvKings:1:11; 2:13). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne (kjvKings:1:11,16-21).

Baths @ The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews kjv@Leviticus:14:8; kjv@Numbers:19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration kjv@Leviticus:8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (16:4,24). The "pools" mentioned in kjv@Nehemiah:3:15-16, kjv@2Kings:20:20, kjv@Isaiah:22:11, kjv@John:9:7, were public bathing-places.