Axle
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
(2): (n.) An axis; as, the sun's axle.
(3): (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
occurs only in 1 Kings 7:32-33, as a translation of יָד , Yad, Hand, in the phrase יְדוֹת הָאוֹפִנִּים , Yedoth' Ha-Ophannim', Hands Of The Wheels, i.e. their axle-trees, as in the Auth. Vers.; Sept. Χεῖρες Ἐν Τοῖς Τροχοῖς , Vulg. axes. (See Chariot).
