Crib
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Proverbs 14:1 4:1 Isaiah 1:3 Job 39:9
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
CRIB is the modern manger ( Luke 2:7 ), which contained the fodder for oxen ( Proverbs 14:4 ), asses ( Isaiah 1:3 ), and doubtless other live stock as well.
King James Dictionary [3]
CRIB, n.
1. The manger of a stable, in which oxen and cows feed. In America, it is distinguished from a rack for horses.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Proverbs 14 .
The manger for other beasts.
The ass knoweth his masters crib. Isaiah 1 .
2. A small habitation or cottage.
3. A stall for oxen.
4. A case or box in salt works.
5. A small building, raised on posts, for storing Indian corn.
CRIB, To shut or confine in a narrow habitation to cage.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Proverbs 14:4 (b) Where no work is undertaken for the Lord, there is no trouble and no blessing. If work is undertaken for the Lord, though it entails much labor, pain and trouble, great blessings will follow.
Isaiah 1:3 (b) The Lord is teaching us that the ox, which represents the Christian, knows and esteems the one who owns him, as the Christian knows and loves his Lord. The ass, however, who represents the ungodly, the unsaved, is only interested in the gifts that he may receive from his master. The crib is used to represent earthly blessings which earthly people receive and return no gratitude to the GOD who gives them.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
אבוּס 'ēbhūṣ 'ēbhūṣ אבס 'ābhaṣ Job 39:9 Proverbs 14:4 Isaiah 1:3
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
( אֵבוּס, ebus'), a stall or barn where fodder is stored ( Proverbs 14:4) and where cattle are fed ( Job 39:9; Isaiah 1:3); perhaps simply a manger for them to eat out of, as the Sept. and Vulg. render in the last- cited passage. (See Manger).
