charger Summary and Overview

a bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of the tribes for the services of the tabernacle are so named (Num. 7:13, etc.). The "charger" in which the Baptist's head was presented was a platter or flat wooden trencher (Matt. 14:8, 11; Mark 6:25, 28). The chargers of gold and silver of Ezra 1:9 were probably basins for receiving the blood of sacrifices.

a shallow vessel for receiving water or blood, also for presenting offerings of fine flour with oil. #Nu 7:79| The daughter of Herodias brought the head of St. John the Baptist in a charger, #Mt 14:8| probably a trencher or platter. [BASIN]

CHAR'GER (old English, from the French charger), that on which a thing is laid, a dish. Num 7:13; Ezr 1:9; Matt 14:8, Rev 1:11. A shallow bowl or basin used for receiving the blood at the preparation of the sacrifices. The charger in which Herod's daughter brought the head of John Baptist was probably a trencher or platter.

("what bore any weight".) A hollow plate for presenting offerings of fine flour and oil (Numbers 7:79). Among the vessels of the temple taken by Nebuchadnezzar and restored by Cyrus, and brought back by Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:9). In such a "charger" John's head was presented to the cruel Herodias (Matthew 14:8).