Coupling
King James Dictionary [1]
COUPLING, ppr. Uniting in couples fastening or connecting together embracing.
COUPLING, n.
1. That which couples or connects. 2 Chronicles 34 2.The act of coupling.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couple
(2):
(n.) The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
(3):
(n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
kup´ling : Is the Fv rendering of מחבּרת , maḥbereth ̌ . This Hebrew word means joining, or the place where one thing is joined to another, as of the curtains of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:4 , Exodus 26:5 ), and of the different parts of the ephod (Exodus 28:27; Exodus 39:20 ).
It is also the English Versions of the Bible rendering of מחבּרות , meḥabberōth , and this refers more to the thing that joins the two objects, as beams of wood (2 Chronicles 34:11 ), or hooks of iron (1 Chronicles 22:3 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
חֹבֶרֶתּ, chobe'reth, a junction, of curtains (Exodus 26:4; Exodus 26:10; Exodus 36:17), i. q. מִחְבֶּרֶת, machbe'reth (Exodus 26:4-5, etc.); but מְחִבְּרוֹת, mechca beroth', means wooden braces (? girders) for fastening a building (2 Chronicles 34:11), or iron cramps for holding stones together ("joinings," 1 Chronicles 22:3).
