Fork
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).
