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Carriage

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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GREEK · G4480

ῥέδα

rheda — carriage

ῥέδη (see WH, App., 151), -ης, ἡ (a Gallic word), a chariot: Rev.18:13.† (AS)

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GREEK · G6248

ἄμαξα

amaxa — a wagon

1. a wagon, wain , opposite to the war-chariot ( ἅρμα), Lat. plaustrum, (Homer) 2. with genitive a wagon-load of , πετρῶν, σίτου (Xenophon Historicus) 3. the carriage of the plough , Lat. currus, (Hesiod):—; Charles' wain in the heavens, the Great Bear ( ἄρκτος), (Homer) 4. = ἁμαξιτός, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)

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GREEK · G7788

καμάρα

kamara — a vault

Lat. camera, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8095

κρίκος

krikos — a hook

1. a ring on a horse's breast-band, to fasten it to the peg ἕστωρ); at the end of the carriage-pole, (Iliad by Homer) 2. an eyelet-hole in sails, through which the reefing-ropes were drawn, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

In the Authorized Version this word is found as the rendering of many different words. In Judg. 18:21 it means valuables, wealth, or booty. In Isa. 46:1 (R.V., “the things that ye carried about”) the word means a load for a beast of burden. In 1 Sam. 17:22 and Isa. 10:28 it is the rendering of a word (“stuff” in 1 Sam. 10:22) meaning implements, equipments, baggage. The phrase in Acts 21:15, “We took up our carriages,” means properly, “We packed up our baggage,” as in the Revised Version.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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