Difference between revisions of "Scaffold"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_171041" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_171041" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63101" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63101" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59185" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59185" /> == | ||
<p> (כַּיּוֹר, | <p> ( '''''כַּיּוֹר''''' , ''Kiyor,'' 2 Chronicles 6:13; elsewhere used of the "laver" and "pans" for the sacred service), a [[Platform]] or pulpit (q.v.) for public speaking; probably raised from the floor, but whether round (as the name would seem to denote) or square (as the dimensions would imply) is uncertain. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7849" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7849" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' skaf´old ''''' ( כּיּור , <i> ''''' kiyyōr ''''' </i> ): The English word is used once of Solomon's "brazen scaffold" on which he knelt at the dedication of the temple ( 2 Chronicles 6:13 ). </p> | <p> ''''' skaf´old ''''' ( כּיּור , <i> ''''' kiyyōr ''''' </i> ): The English word is used once of Solomon's "brazen scaffold" on which he knelt at the dedication of the temple ( 2 Chronicles 6:13 ). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:18, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.
(2): ( n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
(3): ( n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
(4): ( v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
King James Dictionary [2]
SCAF'FOLD, n. The last syllable is the L. fala.
1. Among builders, an assemblage or structure of timbers, boards or planks, erected by the wall of a building to support the workmen. 2. A temporary gallery or stage raised either for shows or spectators. 3. A stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal.
SCAF'FOLD, To furnish with a scaffold to sustain to uphold.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( כַּיּוֹר , Kiyor, 2 Chronicles 6:13; elsewhere used of the "laver" and "pans" for the sacred service), a Platform or pulpit (q.v.) for public speaking; probably raised from the floor, but whether round (as the name would seem to denote) or square (as the dimensions would imply) is uncertain.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
skaf´old ( כּיּור , kiyyōr ): The English word is used once of Solomon's "brazen scaffold" on which he knelt at the dedication of the temple ( 2 Chronicles 6:13 ).
