Furnish
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
or stronnuo, "to spread," is used of "furnishing a room," Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12; of "making a bed," Acts 9:34; in Matthew 21:8; Mark 11:8 , "spread" (AV, "strawed," twice). See Spread.
"to fit out, to prepare perfectly, to complete for a special purpose" (ex, "out," used intensively, and artios, "joined," artos, "a joint"), is used of "accomplishing" days, Acts 21:5 , i.e., of "terminating" a space of time; of being "completely furnished," by means of the Scriptures, for spiritual service, 2—Timothy 3:17 . See Accomplish.
Matthew 21:10 , "furnished" RV, "filled." See Fill , No. 5.
King James Dictionary [2]
FUR'NISH, There is a close affinity, in sense and elements, between furnish, garnish, and the L. orno, which may have been forno or horno. We see in furlow, above the f is lost in three of the languages, and it may be so in orno. The primary sense is to put on, or to set on.
1. To supply with any thing wanted or necessary as, to furnish a family with provisions to furnish arms for defense to furnish a table to furnish a library to furnish one with money or implements. 2. To supply to store as, to furnish the mind with ideas to furnish one with knowledge or principles. 3. To fit up to supply with the proper goods, vessels or ornamental appendages as, to furnish a house or a room. 4. To equip to fit for an expedition to supply.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.
(2): ( n.) That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
(3): ( v. t.) To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
fûr´nish ( מלא , mālē' ; πλήθομαι , plḗthomai ): To "furnish" is to supply with what is useful or necessary, to fit out, provide, equip. It is the translation of several Hebrew or Greek words: of mālē' , "to fill in or up," "to complete" ( Isaiah 65:11 the King James Version); nāsā , "to lift up," "to aid" ( 1 Kings 9:11 ); ‛ānaḳ , Hiphil, probably "to lay on the neck," "to encircle" (with a bracelet) ( Deuteronomy 15:14 ), of a slave set at liberty; ‛ārakh , "to arrange in order," "to lay out a table" ( Psalm 78:19 the King James Version; Proverbs 9:2 ); ‛āsāh kelı̄ , "to make a vessel for containing things" ( Jeremiah 46:19 , "Furnish thyself to go into captivity," the Revised Version, margin "Hebrew, make thee vessels of captivity"); plēthomai , "to be filled" ( Matthew 22:10 the King James Version); strō̇nnumı̄ , "to strew," "to spread" ( Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12 ); exartı́zō , "to complete fully," to equip" ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ).
In Ecclesiasticus 29:26 we have "furnish a table" ( kosméō ); 44:6, "furnished with ability" ( chorēgéō ); 1 Macc 14:34 the King James Version, "He furnished them with all things" ( tı́thēmi ).
