Cart

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 1 Samuel 6:7 (c) This is a type of man's schemes for doing GOD's work. GOD had said that the priests were to carry the ark on their shoulders. The Philistines substituted a cart for the ark. GOD had not told them how to carry it. GOD was displeased and trouble came. GOD's work must be done in GOD's way. If the right thing is done in the wrong manner, GOD will not accept it. GOD demands that His service shall be carried on according to His plan and program. We must not substitute the ways of the world for the ways of GOD. In raising money for the church, or in providing amusements for the young, or in carrying on our services, or in our method and manner of using the house of GOD, we must not resort to the ways of the ungodly, the plans and programs of those who are strangers to GOD, for GOD will not add His blessing to it. See2Sa  6:7 and compare with1Ch  15:13.

 Isaiah 28:27 (b) This passage teaches that our Christian work is not all to be done by one pattern. Each type of person must be dealt with in a different manner. The cart wheel worked on some grain but not on others.

 Amos 2:13 (a) GOD compares Himself to a cart on which a great load (a volume of blessings for His people) has been placed. They did not want GOD nor His blessings.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Cart. The cart in  Genesis 45:19;  Genesis 45:27;  Numbers 7:3;  Numbers 7:7-8, is A Vehicle Drawn By Cattle,  2 Samuel 6:6, to be distinguished from the chariot , A Vehicle Drawn By Horses. Carts and wagons were either open or covered,  Numbers 7:3, and were used for conveyance of persons,  Genesis 45:19, burdens,  1 Samuel 6:7-8, or produce.  Amos 2:13. The only cart used in western Asia has two wheels of solid wood.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.

(2): (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

(3): (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart.

(4): (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.

(5): (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.

(6): (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.

(7): (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

The vehicle on which the Philistines sent back the Ark. David in error also used a 'new cart' to fetch it from Gibeah: a human arrangement which displeased the Lord.  1 Samuel 6;  2 Samuel 6:3 . The same word, agalah , is translated 'wagons,' which were sent from Egypt to bring Jacob and his family,  Genesis 45:19; and used for the carrying of parts of the tabernacle,  Numbers 7:3 , where they are called 'covered wagons,' but which some prefer to call 'litter-wagons.' On the Egyptian and Ninevite monuments many carts are portrayed with two wheels, and some of the wheels were made with spokes.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 2 Samuel 6:3 'Agalah   1 Samuel 6:7,8 Genesis 45:19 Psalm 46:9 Numbers 7:3,6

A "cart rope," for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is used ( Isaiah 5:18 ) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or habits over him who indulges them. (See Cord .) In Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.

King James Dictionary

CART, n.

1. A carriage with two wheels, fitted to be drawn by one horse, or by a yoke of oxen, and used in husbandry or commercial cities for carrying heavy commodities. In Great Britain, carts are usually drawn by horses. In America, horse-carts are used mostly in cities, and ox-carts in the country. 2. A carriage in general.

CART,

1. To carry or convey on a cart as, to cart hay. 2. To expose in a cart, by way of punishment.

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

a machine used in Palestine to force the corn out of the ear, and bruise the straw,  Isaiah 28:27-28 . The wheels of these carts were low, broad, and shod with iron, and were drawn over the sheaves spread on the floor by means of oxen.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Fig. 115—Ox carts

The Hebrew word rendered by our translators in some places by 'wagon,' and in others by 'cart,' denotes any vehicle moving on wheels and usually drawn by oxen; and their particular character must be determined by the context indicating the purpose for which they were employed. First, we have the carts which the king of Egypt sent to assist in transporting Jacob's family from Canaan (; ). From their being so sent it is manifest that they were not used in the latter country; and that they were known there as being peculiar to Egypt is shown by the confirmation which they afforded to Jacob of the truth of the strange story told by his sons. The carts or wains represented in the Egyptian sculptures are the following, which, however, appear to belong to a foreign people. But that the Egyptians had something like them of their own appears from the next two figures.

Fig. 116—Egyptian cart

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cart'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cart.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kart ( עגלה , ‛ăghālāh ): The Hebrew word has been translated in some passages "cart," and in others "wagon." In one verse only has it been translated "chariot." The context of the various passages indicates that a distinction was made between vehicles which were used for carrying baggage or produce and those used for carrying riders (chariots), although in their primitive form of construction they were much the same (compare English "cart" and "carriage").

Carts, like "chariots" (which see), were of Assyrian origin. They were early carried to Egypt where the flat nature of the country readily led to their adoption. From Egypt they gradually found their way among the people of the Palestinian plains. In the hills of Judea and Central Palestine, except where highways were built ( 1 Samuel 6:12 ), the nature of the country prevented the use of wheeled vehicles.  1 Samuel 6:7 ,  1 Samuel 6:8 ,  1 Samuel 6:10 ,  1 Samuel 6:11 ,  1 Samuel 6:14 show that the people of the plains used carts. The men of Kiriath-jearim found it easier to carry the ark (  1 Samuel 7:1 ). Their attempt to use a cart later ( 2 Samuel 6:3 ,  2 Samuel 6:1;  1 Chronicles 13:7 ) proved disastrous and they abandoned it for a safer way ( 2 Samuel 6:13 ).

That carts were used at a very early date is indicated by  Numbers 7:3 ,  Numbers 7:7 ,  Numbers 7:8 . That these vehicles were not the common mode of conveyance in Palestine is shown in Gen 45. Pharaoh commanded that Joseph's brethren should return to their father with their beasts of burden ( Genesis 45:21 ) and take with them Egyptian wagons ( Genesis 45:19 ,  Genesis 45:21;  Genesis 46:6 ) for bringing back their father and their families. The very unusual sight of the wagons was proof to Jacob of Joseph's existence ( Genesis 45:27 ).

Bible descriptions and ancient Babylonian and Egyptian pictures indicate that the cart was usually two-wheeled and drawn by two oxen.

With the Arabian conquests and subsequent ruin of the roads wheeled vehicles disappeared from Syria and Palestine. History is again repeating itself. The Circassians, whom the Turkish government has settled near Caesarea, Jerash (Gerasa) and Amman (Philadelphia), have introduced a crude cart which must be similar to that used in Old Testament times. The two wheels are of solid wood. A straight shaft is joined to the wooden axle, and to this a yoke of oxen is attached. On the Philistian plains may be seen carts of present-day Egyptian origin but of a pattern many centuries old. With the establishment of government roads during the last 50 years, European vehicles of all descriptions are fast coming into the country.

One figurative reference is made to the cart (  Isaiah 5:18 ), but its meaning is obscure.