# Pi = 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-3/177964 "2003-05-28T06:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-3/177964/1 "2003-05-28T06:11:26Z")
Does the Bible say Pi = exactly 3? ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-3/177964/2 "2003-05-28T06:39:40Z")
[Kinda.](http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/pseudosc/pibible.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-3/177964/3 "2003-05-28T06:52:13Z")
1 Kings 7:23 and some other passages seem to imply that. > [@](#): > > And he [Hiram on behalf of King Solomon] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about When you think of it that’s not a lot of rounding, less than 5% even if you assume it’s describing a perfect circle. The passage isn’t trying to give blueprints but just a basic description. ---
**Author:** ![SteveAtlanta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@SteveAtlanta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveAtlanta)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi-3/177964/4 "2003-05-28T12:18:22Z")
A saying I learned as a child: “Pi = 3, but only for large values of 3.”