Bible Dictionary
Goblet
A goblet was a bowl, basin, or drinking vessel. Similar vessels were used for wine and for holding sacrificial blood.
Definition
A goblet was a bowl, basin, or circular vessel used for wine or another liquid. Related vessels could be used in the household or for holding sacrificial blood.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in the description of a bowl or drinking vessel in the Song of Solomon. Related basins in Exodus held the blood of sacrifices.
Historical Background
The vessels were bowl-shaped and varied in size, from moderate basins used in sacrifice to smaller household cups.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A laver or trough for washing garments. In Cant. 7:2, a bowl or drinking vessel, a bowl for mixing wine; in Ex. 24:6, a sacrificial basin. (See CUP.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
a circular vessel for wine or other liquid.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>gob'-let ('aggan): A bowl or basin (So 7:2), the only place where the word is used. `Aggan is used in the plural in Ex 24:6 and Isa 22:24, and is translated "basins" and "cups." These "basins" were used to hold the blood of the sacrifices and must have been of moderate size. The "cups" were bowl-shaped vessels and belonged evidently to the smaller class of vessels used in a house.</p>