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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63485" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63485" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Spoon]] n. </p> 1. A small domestic utensil, with a bowl or concave part and a handle, for dipping liquids as a tea spoon a table spoon. 2. An instrument consisting of a bowl or hollow iron and a long handle, used for taking earth out of holes dug for setting posts. <p> SPOON, To put before the wind in a gale. I believe not now used. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44102" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44102" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61776" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61776" /> == | ||
<p> (כִּ, ''Kaph,'' a ''Hand,'' as elsewhere), a hollow dish or [[Pan]] used as a censer for the [[Tabernacle]] and [[Temple]] ( Exodus 25:29; Numbers 4:7; Numbers 7:14 sq.; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Kings 25:14; 2 Chronicles 24:14; Jeremiah 52:18-19). The Orientals generally eat with the fingers, and so have no occasion for knives, forks, etc. (See [[Eating]]). Among the ancient [[Egyptians]] spoons were introduced when required for soup or other liquids; and perhaps even a knife was employed on some occasions, to facilitate the carving of a large joint, which is sometimes done in the East at the present day. The [[Egyptian]] spoons were of various forms and sizes. They were principally of ivory, bone, wood, or bronze, and other metals; and in some the handle terminated in a hook, by which, if required, they were suspended to a nail. Many were ornamented with the lotus flower; the handles of others were made to represent an animal or a human figure; some were of very arbitrary shape; and a smaller kind, of round form, probably intended for taking ointment out of a vase and transferring it to a shell or cup for immediate use, are occasionally discovered in the tombs. (Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. 1, 183 sq.). (See [[Dish]]). </p> | <p> ( '''''כִּ''''' , ''Kaph,'' a ''Hand,'' as elsewhere), a hollow dish or [[Pan]] used as a censer for the [[Tabernacle]] and [[Temple]] ( Exodus 25:29; Numbers 4:7; Numbers 7:14 sq.; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Kings 25:14; 2 Chronicles 24:14; Jeremiah 52:18-19). The Orientals generally eat with the fingers, and so have no occasion for knives, forks, etc. (See [[Eating]]). Among the ancient [[Egyptians]] spoons were introduced when required for soup or other liquids; and perhaps even a knife was employed on some occasions, to facilitate the carving of a large joint, which is sometimes done in the East at the present day. The [[Egyptian]] spoons were of various forms and sizes. They were principally of ivory, bone, wood, or bronze, and other metals; and in some the handle terminated in a hook, by which, if required, they were suspended to a nail. Many were ornamented with the lotus flower; the handles of others were made to represent an animal or a human figure; some were of very arbitrary shape; and a smaller kind, of round form, probably intended for taking ointment out of a vase and transferring it to a shell or cup for immediate use, are occasionally discovered in the tombs. (Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. 1, 183 sq.). (See [[Dish]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8597" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8597" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' spōōn ''''' ( כּף , <i> ''''' kaph ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] θυΐ́σκη , <i> ''''' thuı́skē ''''' </i> , except in Jeremiah 52:18 , where it is κρεάγρα , <i> '''''kreágra''''' </i> , literally, "fork"): A hollow vessel, a censer; a small vessel in which incense was to be burnt, as is seen from the account given in Nu 7 of the oblations of the princes of the tribes after the setting-up of the tabernacle. Beginning with Numbers 7:14 , we meet at every succeeding 6th verse the statement, "one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense," till at Numbers 7:86 the summary statement is made, "the twelve golden spoons, full of incense." </p> | <p> ''''' spōōn ''''' ( כּף , <i> ''''' kaph ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] θυΐ́σκη , <i> ''''' thuı́skē ''''' </i> , except in Jeremiah 52:18 , where it is κρεάγρα , <i> ''''' kreágra ''''' </i> , literally, "fork"): A hollow vessel, a censer; a small vessel in which incense was to be burnt, as is seen from the account given in Nu 7 of the oblations of the princes of the tribes after the setting-up of the tabernacle. Beginning with Numbers 7:14 , we meet at every succeeding 6th verse the statement, "one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense," till at Numbers 7:86 the summary statement is made, "the twelve golden spoons, full of incense." </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 07:23, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) See Spoom.
(2): ( n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
(3): ( n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
(4): ( n.) Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.
(5): ( v. t.) To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
(6): ( v. t.) In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock.
(7): ( v. i.) To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.
(8): ( v. i.) To fish with a spoon bait.
(9): ( v. i.) In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.
(10): ( n.) A wooden club with a lofted face.
(11): ( v. t.) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait.
King James Dictionary [2]
Spoon n.
1. A small domestic utensil, with a bowl or concave part and a handle, for dipping liquids as a tea spoon a table spoon. 2. An instrument consisting of a bowl or hollow iron and a long handle, used for taking earth out of holes dug for setting posts.
SPOON, To put before the wind in a gale. I believe not now used.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Numbers 7:14 Numbers 7:84-86IncenseVessels And Utensils
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( כִּ , Kaph, a Hand, as elsewhere), a hollow dish or Pan used as a censer for the Tabernacle and Temple ( Exodus 25:29; Numbers 4:7; Numbers 7:14 sq.; 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Kings 25:14; 2 Chronicles 24:14; Jeremiah 52:18-19). The Orientals generally eat with the fingers, and so have no occasion for knives, forks, etc. (See Eating). Among the ancient Egyptians spoons were introduced when required for soup or other liquids; and perhaps even a knife was employed on some occasions, to facilitate the carving of a large joint, which is sometimes done in the East at the present day. The Egyptian spoons were of various forms and sizes. They were principally of ivory, bone, wood, or bronze, and other metals; and in some the handle terminated in a hook, by which, if required, they were suspended to a nail. Many were ornamented with the lotus flower; the handles of others were made to represent an animal or a human figure; some were of very arbitrary shape; and a smaller kind, of round form, probably intended for taking ointment out of a vase and transferring it to a shell or cup for immediate use, are occasionally discovered in the tombs. (Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. 1, 183 sq.). (See Dish).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
spōōn ( כּף , kaph ; Septuagint θυΐ́σκη , thuı́skē , except in Jeremiah 52:18 , where it is κρεάγρα , kreágra , literally, "fork"): A hollow vessel, a censer; a small vessel in which incense was to be burnt, as is seen from the account given in Nu 7 of the oblations of the princes of the tribes after the setting-up of the tabernacle. Beginning with Numbers 7:14 , we meet at every succeeding 6th verse the statement, "one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense," till at Numbers 7:86 the summary statement is made, "the twelve golden spoons, full of incense."
