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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_178505" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_178505" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A territorial division; - called also stake of Zion. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off. </p> <p> (4): (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire. </p> <p> (5): (v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; - with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. </p> <p> (6): (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. </p> <p> (7): (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. </p> <p> (8): (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake. </p> <p> (9): (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. </p> <p> (10): (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, - used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) [[A]] piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] territorial division; - called also stake of Zion. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) [[A]] stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; - with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) [[A]] small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, - used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44155" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44155" /> == | ||
Isaiah 33: | Isaiah 33:20 Isaiah 54:2 | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8674" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8674" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' stāk ''''' : Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2 for יתד , <i> '''''yāthēdh''''' </i> , "tent-pin," or, perhaps, "tent-pole" (Exodus 27:19; Judges 4:21 , etc.). The King James Version [[Sirach]] 43:19, "The hoar frost,... being congealed, lieth on the top of sharp stakes," is of course meaningless. the Revised Version (British and American) "When it is congealed, it is as points of thorns" renders the | <p> ''''' stāk ''''' : Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2 for יתד , <i> '''''yāthēdh''''' </i> , "tent-pin," or, perhaps, "tent-pole" ( Exodus 27:19; Judges 4:21 , etc.). The King James Version [[Sirach]] 43:19, "The hoar frost,... being congealed, lieth on the top of sharp stakes," is of course meaningless. the Revised Version (British and American) "When it is congealed, it is as points of thorns" renders the Greek very exactly, but the [[Hebrew]] would indicate for the original meaning "forms frost-flowers of sapphire." </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61879" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61879" /> == | ||
<p> (יָתֵד, yathed, a peg or nail [as often rendered], especially a tent pin, Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2). (See [[Tent]]). </p> | <p> (יָתֵד, ''yathed,'' a ''peg'' or ''nail'' [as often rendered], especially a ''tent pin,'' Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2). (See [[Tent]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
(2): ( n.) A territorial division; - called also stake of Zion.
(3): ( v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
(4): ( v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
(5): ( v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; - with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
(6): ( v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
(7): ( v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
(8): ( v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
(9): ( v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
(10): ( v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, - used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Isaiah 33:20 Isaiah 54:2
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
stāk : Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2 for יתד , yāthēdh , "tent-pin," or, perhaps, "tent-pole" ( Exodus 27:19; Judges 4:21 , etc.). The King James Version Sirach 43:19, "The hoar frost,... being congealed, lieth on the top of sharp stakes," is of course meaningless. the Revised Version (British and American) "When it is congealed, it is as points of thorns" renders the Greek very exactly, but the Hebrew would indicate for the original meaning "forms frost-flowers of sapphire."
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(יָתֵד, yathed, a peg or nail [as often rendered], especially a tent pin, Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2). (See Tent).
