HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6596
פֹּת
pot — hinge
1) sockets, hinges, secret parts (meaning uncertain) 1a) sockets 1b) secret parts
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Hinge
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G9208
στροφεύς
stropheus — a hinge
the socket in which the pivot of a door ὁ στρόφιγξ); moved, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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στρόφιγξ
strophigx — a hinge
1. the pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns , (Euripides) 2. στρόφιγγες were pivots working in sockets , at top and bottom of a door, which served instead of hinges, (Plutarch) 3. metaphorically, στρ. γλώττης, of a well-hung tongue, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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(Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. “Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors, consisting of stone slabs with pivots carved out of the same piece inserted in sockets above and below, and fixed during the building of the house” (Prov. 26:14).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.