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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40196" /> == | |||
<p> '''''fôrk''''' ( שׁלשׁ קלּשׁון , <i> '''''shelōsh ḳilleshōn''''' </i> ): This compound word, meaning strictly "Three points" or "Three prongs," is found only once ( 1 Samuel 13:21 ), and doubtless there refers to the agricultural tool now known as the pitchfork. It might, however, also be a weapon. </p> | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123452" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) [[Anything]] furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (n.) The gibbet. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; - used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn. </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks. </p> <p> (8): </p> <p> (v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3831" /> == | |||
<p> '''''fôrk''''' ( שׁלשׁ קלּשׁון , <i> '''''shelōsh ḳilleshōn''''' </i> ): This compound word, meaning strictly "Three points" or "Three prongs," is found only once (1 Samuel 13:21 ), and doubtless there refers to the agricultural tool now known as the pitchfork. It might, however, also be a weapon. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40774" /> == | |||
<p> (שְׁלשׁ קַלְּשׁון, shelosh' killeshon', a triad of prongs), a three-pronged fork, i.e., pitch-fork with which hay, straw, and the like are gathered (occurs only 1 Samuel 13:21). The [[Targum]] (on Ecclesiastes 12:11) uses the same word to express a pointed instrument. (See [[Agriculture]]). </p> <p> The Orientals do not use forks at meals as we do but convey the food to their mouth with the fingers. (See [[Eating]]). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_40196"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/fork Fork from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_123452"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/fork Fork from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_3831"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/fork Fork from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_3831"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/fork Fork from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_40774"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fork Fork from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 12 October 2021
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
(2):
(n.) Anything furcate or like a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.
(3):
(n.) The gibbet.
(4):
(n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; - used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything.
(5):
(n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road.
(6):
(v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn.
(7):
(v. i.) To divide into two or more branches; as, a road, a tree, or a stream forks.
(8):
(v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
fôrk ( שׁלשׁ קלּשׁון , shelōsh ḳilleshōn ): This compound word, meaning strictly "Three points" or "Three prongs," is found only once (1 Samuel 13:21 ), and doubtless there refers to the agricultural tool now known as the pitchfork. It might, however, also be a weapon.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(שְׁלשׁ קַלְּשׁון, shelosh' killeshon', a triad of prongs), a three-pronged fork, i.e., pitch-fork with which hay, straw, and the like are gathered (occurs only 1 Samuel 13:21). The Targum (on Ecclesiastes 12:11) uses the same word to express a pointed instrument. (See Agriculture).
The Orientals do not use forks at meals as we do but convey the food to their mouth with the fingers. (See Eating).
