Plank
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
(2): ( n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
(3): ( n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
(4): ( v. t.) To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
(5): ( v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
(6): ( v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
(7): ( n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( עֵוֹ , Ets, Ezekiel 41:25, A Tree [i.e. Beam], as elsewhere usually rendered; צֵלָע , Tseld, A Rib [or Side], 1 Kings 6:15, as elsewhere generally rendered; עֹב , Ob [probably the same as עָב , Ab, a Threshold, or "Thick Beam," 1 Kings 7:6; "thick (plank)," Ezekiel 41:25], "thick plank," Ezekiel 41:26).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
plank : Thick beams or pieces of wood, for which several Hebrew words are used. The Revised Version (British and American) changes "planks" (of fir) into "boards" in 1 Kings 6:15 , and in a few instances substitutes "planks" where the King James Version has "boards" ( Exodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7 , the altar; Ezekiel 27:5 ). So in the New Testament in Acts 27:44 , for sanis . See Ships And Boats , II., 2., (3).
