Bible Dictionary
Fillets
Fillets were rods or joining pieces that connected the tops of the Tabernacle court pillars and supported the hanging curtains. The term also referred to a measuring line used around the pillars of Solomon’s Temple.
Definition
Fillets were rods or joining pieces that connected the tops of the pillars surrounding the Tabernacle court. The curtains were suspended from these joined structures. The same English word also translates a thread or measuring line used around Temple pillars.
Biblical Usage
Fillets belonged to the construction and furnishings of the Tabernacle court. A related term described the measuring line used for the circumference of Solomon’s copper pillars.
Historical Background
The Temple measuring line was twelve cubits long for measuring the circumference of the copper pillars.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Heb. hashukum, plur., joinings (Ex. 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of the columns around the tabernacle court were joined together, and from which the curtains were suspended (Ex. 27:10, 11; 36:38). In Jer. 52:21 the rendering of a different word, hut, meaning a “thread,” and designating a measuring-line of 12 cubits in length for the circumference of the copper pillars of Solomon’s temple.