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fire⋅pan

[fahyuhr-pan]
–noun
a metal grate for holding hot coals.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; see fire, pan 1
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Firepan

(Ex. 27:3; 38:3), one of the vessels of the temple service (rendered "snuff-dish" Ex. 25:38; 37:23; and "censer" Lev. 10:1; 16:12). It was probably a metallic cinder-basin used for the purpose of carrying live coal for burning incense, and of carrying away the snuff in trimming the lamps.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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