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The term "overlaid" in the Bible often refers to the process of covering or coating an object with a layer of another material, typically a precious metal such as gold or silver. This practice was common in ancient craftsmanship, particularly in the construction of sacred objects and structures, as it symbolized purity, value, and divine glory.

Biblical Instances:

1. The Tabernacle and Its Furnishings:
The construction of the Tabernacle, as described in the Book of Exodus, provides several instances of items being overlaid with gold. For example, the Ark of the Covenant was made of acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold both inside and out (Exodus 25:11). This overlaying signified the holiness and sacredness of the Ark, which was the earthly dwelling place of God's presence.

2. The Altar:
The altar of burnt offering was also overlaid with bronze (Exodus 27:2). This overlaying was practical, as bronze could withstand the heat of the sacrifices, and it also added to the altar's durability and aesthetic appeal.

3. Solomon's Temple:
King Solomon's Temple, a permanent structure replacing the portable Tabernacle, featured extensive use of gold overlay. The inner sanctuary, or the Most Holy Place, was overlaid with pure gold, including the altar and the cherubim (1 Kings 6:20-22). This lavish use of gold underscored the temple's role as a dwelling place for the divine and a center of worship for the Israelites.

4. The Golden Calf:
In a negative context, the golden calf made by Aaron was an idol overlaid with gold (Exodus 32:4). This incident highlights the misuse of precious materials in idolatry, contrasting with their intended use in worshiping the true God.

Symbolic Significance:

The act of overlaying, particularly with gold, carries deep symbolic meaning in the biblical narrative. Gold, being a precious and incorruptible metal, represents divinity, purity, and eternal value. When objects associated with worship and the presence of God are overlaid with gold, it signifies their sanctity and the reverence due to them.

Craftsmanship and Skill:

The process of overlaying required skilled artisans, as seen in the work of Bezalel and Oholiab, who were filled with the Spirit of God to carry out the intricate work on the Tabernacle (Exodus 31:1-5). This highlights the importance of craftsmanship and the use of God-given talents in the service of worship.

Moral and Spiritual Lessons:

The use of overlaying in the Bible serves as a reminder of the importance of inner purity and the value of dedicating the best of our resources to God. Just as the physical objects were overlaid to reflect their sacred purpose, believers are called to live lives that reflect the holiness and glory of God.

In summary, the concept of "overlaid" in the Bible is rich with meaning, illustrating the intersection of divine worship, craftsmanship, and the symbolic use of precious materials to convey spiritual truths.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Overlay.

Strong's Hebrew

5968. alaph -- to cover
... faint, overlaid, wrap self. A primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to
be languid -- faint, overlaid, wrap self. 5967, 5968. alaph. 5969 . ...
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6823. tsaphah -- to lay out, lay over
... 6822, 6823. tsaphah. 6824 . to lay out, lay over. Transliteration: tsaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-faw') Short Definition: overlaid. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/6823.htm - 6k

6826. tsippuy -- (metal) plating
... Word Origin from tsaphah Definition (metal) plating NASB Word Usage overlaid
(1), overlaying (2), plating (2). covering, overlaying. ...
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8610. taphas -- to lay hold of, wield
... capture (2), captured (8), caught (5), grasp (1), grasps (1), handle (4), handled
(1), hold (1), lay hold (1), lays hold (1), occupy (1), overlaid (1), play (1 ...
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2645. chaphah -- to cover
... covered. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to cover NASB Word Usage cover
(1), covered (6), overlaid (5). ceil, cover, overlay. ...
/hebrew/2645.htm - 6k

Library

Chel. The Court of the Women.
... in the Holy Scripture, 'Beautiful,' Acts 3:2. In Josephus, the 'Corinthian' gate:
saith he; "Of the gates, nine of them were every where overlaid with gold and ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 29 chel the court.htm

Hebrews ix. 5-Jan
... And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; which
had the golden censer and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid round about with ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xv hebrews ix 5-jan.htm

The Account of the Building of Solomon's Temple Contains Serious ...
... And the whole house is overlaid with gold; "the whole house," we read, [5127] "he
overlaid with gold until all the house was finished." But there were two ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/24 the account of the.htm

Of the Building of this Temple
... He also overlaid the temple, both within and without, with boards of cedar, that
were kept close together by thick chains, so that this contrivance was in the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 of the building.htm

The Early Eden Picture.
... Every one does love. And only as there is love, pure and true"however overlaid
with what is not so"only so is there life. God is holy. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the early eden picture.htm

What is the Sanctuary?
... And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; which
had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the great controversy/chapter 23 what is the.htm

What is the Sanctuary?
... And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; which
had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /23 what is the sanctuary.htm

The Fourth vision "In Heaven"
... of the heavens before it was written down by God through Moses in "the scriptures
of truth." Hence, the nations preverted it, and overlaid it with their own ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the fourth vision in heaven.htm

Introduction
... And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their
hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver." From Heb.10:19, 20 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/why four gospels/introduction.htm

Discipline
... East. The burdensomeness of Moses' law, ere it was overlaid, in later days,
by Rabbinical scrupulosity, has been much exaggerated. ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon i discipline.htm

Thesaurus

Overlaid (50 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Overlaid (50 Occurrences). ... (YLT). Exodus 25:13 and thou
hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them 'with' gold, (YLT). ...
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Acacia-wood (27 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:32 And thou shalt attach it to four pillars of acacia-wood overlaid with
gold, their hooks of gold; they shall be on four bases of silver. (DBY). ...
/a/acacia-wood.htm - 13k

Acacia (28 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold;
their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver. ...
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Pegs (22 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:32 and thou hast put it on four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid 'with'
gold, their pegs 'are' of gold, on four sockets of silver. (YLT). ...
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Poles (58 Occurrences)
... Exodus 37:4 He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. ... Exodus
37:28 He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. ...
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Staffs (47 Occurrences)
... Exodus 37:4 And he made staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. ... Exodus
37:28 And he made the staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. ...
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Shittim (34 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with
gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. ...
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Posts (68 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their
hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver. (See NIV). ...
/p/posts.htm - 27k

Oracle (57 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 6:20 Within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty
cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with ...
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Molding (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 37:2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside,
and made a molding of gold for it around it. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Resources

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Overlaid (50 Occurrences)

Hebrews 9:4
having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Exodus 25:11
and thou hast overlaid it 'with' pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about.
(YLT)

Exodus 25:13
and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them 'with' gold,
(YLT)

Exodus 25:24
and hast overlaid it 'with' pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about,
(YLT)

Exodus 25:28
and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them;
(YLT)

Exodus 26:29
and the boards thou dost overlay 'with' gold, and their rings thou dost make of gold places for bars, and hast overlaid their bars with gold;
(YLT)

Exodus 26:32
You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 26:37
and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim 'wood', and hast overlaid them 'with' gold, their pegs 'are' of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass.
(YLT NIV)

Exodus 27:2
And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it 'with' brass.
(YLT)

Exodus 27:6
And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them 'with' brass.
(YLT)

Exodus 30:3
And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about;
(YLT)

Exodus 30:5
And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold;
(YLT)

Exodus 36:34
He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 36:36
He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 36:38
and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:2
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:4
He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:11
He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:15
He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:26
He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides around it, and its horns. He made a gold molding around it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 37:28
He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:2
He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:6
He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:17
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
(See NIV)

Exodus 38:19
And their pillars were four, and their sockets four of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.
(See NIV)

Exodus 38:28
Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 3:19
And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
(KJV WBS)

1 Kings 6:15
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the roof; he overlaid them on the inside with wood, and overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
(DBY YLT NAS)

1 Kings 6:20
Within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:21
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:22
The whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:28
He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:30
The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 6:32
So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:35
He carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 10:18
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 18:16
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Yahweh, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 3:4
The porch that was before the house, its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 3:5
The greater house he made a ceiling with fir wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

2 Chronicles 3:6
And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 3:7
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 3:8
He made the most holy house: its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 3:9
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 3:10
In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:9
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 9:17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 26:23
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
(See JPS ASV DBY NAS)

Song of Songs 5:14
His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 30:22
And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Habakkuk 2:19
Woe to him who says to the wood,'Awake!' or to the mute stone,'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

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