Fork
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( 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).
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.
