Spoke
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (imp.) of Speak
(2): of Speak
(3): (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
(4): imp. of Speak.
(5): (n.) The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
(6): (n.) A rung, or round, of a ladder.
(7): (n.) A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
(8): (v. t.) To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
King James Dictionary [2]
SPOKE, pret. of speak.
SPOKE, n. G., this word, whose radical sense is to shoot or thrust, coincides with spike, spigot, pike, contracted from to spew.
1. The radius or ray of a wheel one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly. 2. The spar or round of a ladder. Not in use in the United States.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
is an incorrect rendering in the A.V. at 1 Kings 7:33 for חִַשֻּׁר, chishshuhr (gathered; Sept. πραγματεία; Vulg. canthuas), which rather denotes the hub, or nave, where the spokes unite, while חַשֻּׁק, chishshik (fastened; Sept. blends with the preceding; Vulg. mediolus), rendered "felloe" in the same verse, really designates the spokes themselves. (See Wheel).
