BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4904
mish.kav — bed
1) a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying 1a) couch, bed 1b) act of lying, lying down or sleeping room, bedroom 1c) lying down (for sexual contact) Aramaic equivalent: mish.kav (מִשְׁכַּב "bed" H4903)
42 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4296
mit.tah — bed
couch, bed, bier
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2825
klinē — bed
κλίνη, -ης, ἡ (κλίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִטָּה ;] a bed, couch: Mat.9:2, 6, Mrk.4:21 7:4, 30, Luk.5:18 8:16 17:34, Rev.2:22 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).† (AS)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6210
e.re.s — bed
couch, divan, bed
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3326
ya.tsu.a — bed
couch, bed
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4903
mish.kav — bed
couch, bed Aramaic of mish.kav (מִשְׁכָּב "bed" H4904)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4766
strōnnumi — to spread
στρωννύω or στρώννυμι (seeBl., § 23, 1; Veitch, see word), [in LXX for יַצַע hoph., etc. ;] to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τ. ὁδῷ (εἰς τ. ὁδόν), Mat.21:8, Mrk.11:8; of making a bed, στρῶσον (sc. τ. κλίνην) σεαυτῷ, Act.9:34; of furnishing a room, ἐστρωμένον, spread with carpets or carpeted couches (cf. Eze.23:41), Mrk.14:15, Luk.22:12.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G755
architriklinos — head waiter
ἀρχι-τρίκλινος, -ου, ὁ (τρί-κλινος or -ον, a room with three couches) the superintendent of a banquet, whose duty it was to arrange the tables and food (DB, ii, 253): Jhn.2:8-9.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2828
klisia — group
κλισία, -ας, ή (κλίνω), [in LXX: 3Ma.6:31 A* ;] 1. a place for reclining; hence, (a) a hut; (b) an easy chair; (with) a couch. 2. a company reclining: pl., Luk.9:14 (cf. FlJ, Ant., xii, 2, 12) (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6055
klinarion — a cot
κλινάριον, -ου, τό, dimin, of κλίνη, a couch: Act.5:15 (cf. κλινίδιον).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4702
mats.tsa — bed
couch, bed
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20627
kōnōpion — cōnōpēum
an Egyptian couch with mosquito-curtains; conopium in (Horace) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6287
anaklitos — a couch
leaning back : ἀν. θρόνος a seat with a back , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9212
strōma — a bedding
1. anything spread or laid out for lying or sitting upon, a mattress, bed , Lat. stragulum, vestis stragula, (Theognis Elegiacus):—;in plural the bedclothes, the coverings of a dinner-couch , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 2. a horsecloth, horse-trappings , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9213
strōmnē — a strewn bed
a bed spread or prepared; generally, a bed, couch , (Pindar), etc.: a mattress, bedding , (Xenophon Historicus); στρ. ἄφθιτος, of the golden fleece, (Pindar) from στρώτης (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See BED.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
