Bench
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
(2): (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; - so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
(3): (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
(4): (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
(5): (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
(6): (v. t.) To furnish with benches.
(7): (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
(8): (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
(9): (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Ezekiel 27:6
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
(קרשׁ , ḳeresh ): Found only in English Versions of the Bible in Ezekiel 27:6 , in the prophet's "lamentation over Tyre": "They have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim," where the word evidently stands for the "benches" of the boat whose "mast" ( Ezekiel 27:5 ) and "oars" ( Ezekiel 27:6 ) have just been described, in the vivid figs. of speech in which the city itself is pictured as a merchantship. Compare Ezekiel 27:8 , "Thy wise men, [[O T]] yre, were in thee, they were thy pilots." See Seat .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( קֶרֶשׁ , Ke 'Resh ) , a Plank (usually rendered "board"), once the Deck of a Tyrian ship, represented ( Ezekiel 27:6) as inlaid with box-wood. (See Ashurite).
