stand
ken denotes a physical support or base and, in several clauses, the place or position assigned to someone or something.
The clearest and dominant use denotes a physical support or base, especially the stand belonging to a basin, with related occurrences in a crafted structure and a deity's stand. Other construct forms occur in clauses about someone arising or being restored in a place or position; two contexts leave the term's precise contribution less clear in the translation.
Senses in use
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Physical support or base · dominant
Construct forms accompany the basin in Exodus 30:18, Exodus 38:8, and Leviticus 8:11; in Exodus 38:8 the APB renders the item as the basin and "its stand" of bronze. A comparable structural setting appears in 1 Kings 7:31, where the APB calls the round work "a stand," and Daniel 11:38 places honor given to a god "upon its stand."
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An assigned place or position · common
Construct forms occur where a person takes or receives a position: Daniel 11:7 says one will stand "in his place," while Daniel 11:20 and Daniel 11:21 each begin a succession clause with one arising "in his place." In Genesis 40:13 the APB renders restoration "upon your stand," and Genesis 41:13 summarizes the outcome as restoration "to my office."
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Contextually unclear structural or demonstrative use · occasional
In Isaiah 33:23, the construct-form occurrence is in a clause about loose cords and a mast not being strengthened, but the translation does not isolate its contribution. In 1 Kings 7:29, the form is tagged Particle · Demonstrative amid the description of panels bearing lions, cattle, cherubim, and wreaths; the APB likewise does not make its contribution identifiable.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the physical contexts with "stand," including the basin and "its stand" in Exodus 38:8 and the crafted work "a stand" in 1 Kings 7:31. In position clauses it varies between "place," "stand," and "office"; Those renderings do not by themselves define the term.