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Beam

Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H4500, G20697, G21204, G1385, H6982, H3714, H3773
Hebrew
מָנוֹר · mânôwr
Greek
μελάθρα · melathra

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μελάθρα

G20697
Transliteration
melathra
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

beam

Lexicon definition

beam

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σφηκίας

G21204
Transliteration
sphēkias
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

beam

Lexicon definition

beam

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מָנוֹר

H4500
Transliteration
mânôwr
Pronunciation
maw-nore'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

beam.

Lexicon definition

a yoke (properly, for plowing), i.e. the frame of aloom

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

כָּרֻתָה

H3773
Transliteration
kâruthâh
Pronunciation
kaw-rooth-aw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

beam.

Lexicon definition

something cut, i.e. a hewn timber

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Beam

Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means a weaver's frame or principal beam; in Hab. 2:11, a crossbeam or girder; 2 Kings 6:2, 5, a cross-piece or rafter of a house; 1 Kings 7:6, an architectural ornament as a projecting step or moulding; Ezek. 41:25, a thick plank. In the New Testament the word occurs only in Matt. 7:3, 4, 5, and Luke 6:41, 42, where it means (Gr. dokos) a large piece of wood used for building purposes, as contrasted with "mote" (Gr. karphos), a small piece or mere splinter. "Mote" and "beam" became proverbial for little and great faults.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Beam

Indexed occurrences: 11

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Strong's Concordance

Beams

Indexed occurrences: 16

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All Scripture references37 references

Genesis 1

Genesis 19:8

1 Samuel 1

1 Samuel 17:7

2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 21:19

1 Kings 9

1 Kings 6:91 Kings 6:101 Kings 6:361 Kings 7:21 Kings 7:31 Kings 7:61 Kings 7:111 Kings 7:121 Kings 17:19

2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:102 Kings 6:22 Kings 6:52 Kings 23:12

1 Chronicles 2

1 Chronicles 11:231 Chronicles 20:5

2 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 3:72 Chronicles 34:11

Ezra 1

Ezra 6:11

Nehemiah 3

Nehemiah 2:8Nehemiah 3:3Nehemiah 3:6

Job 1

Job 31:6

Psalms 1

Psalms 104:3

Song of Solomon 1

Song of Solomon 1:17

Amos 1

Amos 6:4

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 2:14

Matthew 3

Matthew 7:3Matthew 7:4Matthew 7:5

Luke 3

Luke 5:19Luke 6:41Luke 6:42

John 1

John 18:16

Acts 1

Acts 12:13

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Crassus Came Into Judea, And Pillaged The Temple; And Then Marched Against The Parthians And Perished, With His Army. Also How Cassius Obtained Syria, And Put A Stop To The Parthians And Then Went Up To Judea.

Antiquities Book 14, Chapter 7

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BEAM

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Dictionary

Balance

Occurs in Lev. 19:36 and Isa. 46:6, as the rendering of the Hebrew kanch', which properly means "a reed" or "a cane," then a rod or beam of a balance. This same word is translated "measuring reed" in Ezek. 40:3, 5; 42:16-18. There is another Hebrew word, mozena'yim, i.e., "two poisers", also so rendered (Dan. 5:27). The balances as represented on the most ancient Egyptian monuments resemble those now in use. A "pair of balances" is a symbol of justice and fair dealing (Job 31:6; Ps. 62:9; Prov. 11:1). The expression denotes great want and scarcity in Rev. 6:5.

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Battering-ram

(Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram's head.

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Beam

Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words. In 1 Sam. 17:7, it means a weaver's frame or principal beam; in Hab. 2:11, a crossbeam or girder; 2 Kings 6:2, 5, a cross-piece or rafter of a house; 1 Kings 7:6, an architectural ornament as a projecting step or moulding; Ezek. 41:25, a thick plank. In the New Testament the word occurs only in Matt. 7:3, 4, 5, and Luke 6:41, 42, where it means (Gr. dokos) a large piece of wood used for building purposes, as contrasted with "mote" (Gr. karphos), a small piece or mere splinter. "Mote" and "beam" became proverbial for little and great faults.

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Dwellings

The materials used in buildings were commonly bricks, sometimes also stones (Lev. 14:40, 42), which were held together by cement (Jer. 43:9) or bitumen (Gen. 11:3). The exterior was usually whitewashed (Lev. 14:41; Ezek. 13:10; Matt. 23:27). The beams were of sycamore (Isa. 9:10), or olive-wood, or cedar (1 Kings 7:2; Isa. 9:10). The form of Eastern dwellings differed in many respects from that of dwellings in Western lands. The larger houses were built in a quadrangle enclosing a court-yard (Luke 5:19; 2 Sam. 17:18; Neh. 8:16) surrounded by galleries, which formed the guest-chamber or reception-room for visitors. The flat roof, surrounded by a low parapet, was used for many domestic and social purposes. It was reached by steps from the court. In connection with it (2 Kings 23:12) was an upper room, used as a private chamber (2 Sam 18:33; Dan. 6:11), also as a bedroom (2 Kings 23:12), a sleeping apartment for guests (2 Kings 4:10), and as a sick-chamber (1 Kings 17:19). The doors, sometimes of stone, swung on morticed pivots, and were generally fastened by wooden bolts. The houses of the more wealthy had a doorkeeper or a female porter (John 18:16; Acts 12:13). The windows generally opened into the courtyard, and were closed by a lattice (Judg. 5:28). The interior rooms were set apart for the female portion of the household. The furniture of the room (2 Kings 4:10) consisted of a couch furnished with pillows (Amos 6:4; Ezek. 13:20); and besides this, chairs, a table and lanterns or lamp-stands (2 Kings 4:10).

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Gopher

A tree from the wood of which Noah was directed to build the ark (Gen. 6:14). It is mentioned only there. The LXX. render this word by "squared beams," and the Vulgate by "planed wood." Other versions have rendered it "pine" and "cedar;" but the weight of authority is in favour of understanding by it the cypress tree, which grows abundantly in Chaldea and Armenia.

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Threshold

(1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4, 5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4, 18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."

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