Kiyor (כיור) means sink in Hebrew.
It can also mean bowl, laver, and basin. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
sink, bowl, laver, basin
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Kiyor.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי קיבול לנוזלים שפתחו רחב, המשמש בדרך כלל לנטילת ידים.
וְאֶת מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה וְאֶת כָּל כֵּלָיו וְאֶת הַכִּיֹּר וְאֶת כַּנּוֹ.
- 2לשון המקראכלי מתכת שמבשלים בו.
וְהִכָּה בַכִּיּוֹר אוֹ בַדּוּד אוֹ בַקַּלַּחַת אוֹ בַפָּרוּר, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה הַמַּזְלֵג יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן בּוֹ...
- 3לשון המקרא, לא בשימושדוכן לעמוד על גביו.
כִּי עָשָׂה שְׁלֹמֹה כִּיּוֹר נְחֹשֶׁת וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ בְּתוֹךְ הָעֲזָרָה חָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת אָרְכּוֹ וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת רָחְבּוֹ וְאַמּוֹת שָׁלוֹשׁ קוֹמָתוֹ וַיַּעֲמֹד עָלָיו וַיִּבְרַךְ עַל בִּרְכָּיו נֶגֶד כָּל קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו הַשָּׁמָיְמָה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kiyor is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כִּיּוֹר
- Written without vowel points
- כיור
- Said
- kiyor
- Root
- כ־ו־ר
- Pattern
- קִטּוֹל
- Plural
- כִּיוֹרִים או כִּיּוֹרוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' כִּיוֹרִים או כִּיּוֹרוֹת
- Gematria
- 236
This is how Kiyor is said in other languages.
- English
- sink, bowl, laver, basin
- Arabic
- مغسل, مجلى
- Russian
- раковина
These words mean nearly the same as Kiyor.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Kiyor.
The word Kiyor comes from the root כ־ו־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Kiyor in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kiyor.
What does Kiyor (כיור) mean in Hebrew?
Kiyor (כיור) means sink, bowl, and laver. It is said kiyor, with the stress on yor.
What is a synonym for Kiyor (כיור)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kiyor (כיור) are אגן, קדירה, and כירה.
What rhymes with Kiyor (כיור)?
Words that rhyme with Kiyor (כיור) include אור, עור, צינור, מקור, אזור, and בור.
Is Kiyor (כיור) masculine or feminine?
The word Kiyor (כיור) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כִּיוֹרִים או כִּיּוֹרוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כיור of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.