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Bolster

The Hebrew word kebir, rendered "pillow" in 1 Sam. 19:13, 16, but in Revised Version marg. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject
Strong’s
H4763, H7226
Hebrew
מְרַאֲשָׁה · mᵉraʼăshâh

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מְרַאֲשָׁה

H4763
Transliteration
mᵉraʼăshâh
Pronunciation
mer-ah-ash-aw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
10

Glosses

bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772 (מַרְגְלָה).

Lexicon definition

properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רַאֲשֹׁת

H7226
Transliteration
raʼăshôth
Pronunciation
rah-ash-oth'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

bolster.

Lexicon definition

a pillow (being for the head)

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No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Bolster

The Hebrew word kebir, rendered "pillow" in 1 Sam. 19:13, 16, but in Revised Version marg. "quilt" or "network," probably means some counterpane or veil intended to protect the head of the sleeper. A different Hebrew word (meraashoth') is used for "bolster" (1 Sam. 26:7, 11, 16). It is rightly rendered in Revised Version "at his head." In Gen. 28:11, 18 the Authorized Version renders it "for his pillows," and the Revised Version "under his head." In Ezek. 13:18, 20 another Hebrew word (kesathoth) is used, properly denoting "cushions" or "pillows," as so rendered both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.

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Bolster

The Hebrew word kebir, rendered "pillow" in 1 Sam. 19:13, 16, but in Revised Version marg. "quilt" or "network," probably means some counterpane or veil intended to protect the head of the sleeper. A different Hebrew word (meraashoth') is used for "bolster" (1 Sam. 26:7, 11, 16). It is rightly rendered in Revised Version "at his head." In Gen. 28:11, 18 the Authorized Version renders it "for his pillows," and the Revised Version "under his head." In Ezek. 13:18, 20 another Hebrew word (kesathoth) is used, properly denoting "cushions" or "pillows," as so rendered both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.

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