The word in Scripture

Basket in the Bible

The word basket appears 23 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A basket gathers and carries provision. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What basket means in the Bible

A basket gathers and carries provision.

Where the word basket appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word basket appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.”Genesis 40:17

“And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.”Exodus 29:3

“And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.”Deuteronomy 26:4

“Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.”Deuteronomy 28:5

“One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”Jeremiah 24:2

“Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.”Amos 8:1

“Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.”Acts 9:25

“And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.”2 Corinthians 11:33