HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3871
לוּחַ
lu.ach — tablet
1) board, slab, tablet, plank 1a) tablets (of stone) 1b) boards (of wood) 1c) plate (of metal)
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Tablet
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G4109
πλάξ
plax — tablet
πλάξ, -ακός, ἡ [in LXX for לוּחַ ;] anything flat and broad. 1. a plain (poët.). 2. In late writers (Luc., al.), a flat stone, a tablet: 2Co.3:3, Heb.9:4.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1549
גִּלָּיוֹן
gil.la.von — tablet
table, tablet, mirror, flat shiny ornament
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H68
אֶ֫בֶן
e.ven — stone
: stone 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart
222 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4094
πίναξ
pinax — platter
πίναξ, -ακος, ὁ [in LXX: 4Ma.17:7 R * ;] prop., a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles; (a) a tablet; (b) a disc, a dish: Mat.14:8, 11, Mrk.6:25, 28 Luk.11:39.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H874
בָּאַר
ba.ar — to make plain
1) (Piel) 1a) to make plain, distinct 1b) to make clear 1c) to declare 1d) letters on a tablet
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3558
כּוּמָז
ku.maz — bracelet
1) ornaments, golden ornament 1a) maybe-armlets of gold, exact meaning not known 2) (TWOT) tablets
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3872
לוּחִית
lu.chit — Luhith
§ Luhith = "tablets" a town of Moab, south of the Arnon River
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4093
πινακίδιον
pinakidion — little tablet
πινακίδιον, -ου, τό (dimin. of πινακίς, which see), [in Sm.: Eze.9:2 * ;] a writing tablet: Luk.1:63.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20411
ἐπαξονέω
epaxoneō — to enroll
enroll in tablets, register
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21129
στήλωσις
stēlōsis — recording on a tablet
recording on a tablet
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6047
καταγράφω
katagraphō — to delineate
1. to scratch away, lacerate , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. to engrave, inscribe , νόμους (Plutarch) 3. to paint over , (Lucian) 4. to fill tablets with writing (Euripides) 5. to write down, register, record , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6383
ἄξων
axōn — an axle
1. an axle , Lat. axis, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. οἱ ἄξονες, the wooden tablets of Solon's laws, made to turn upon an axis , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6747
γλύφω
gluphō — to carve
1. to carve, cut out with a knife , (Aristophanes Comicus); γλ. σφρηγῖδας to engrave them, (Herdotus Historicus); of sculptors, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. to note down [on tablets], τόκους [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6768
γραφίς
graphis — a pen
1. a stile for writing on waxen tablets, (Plato Philosophus), etc.: a needle for embroidering , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. embroidery , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8561
ὄστρακον
ostrakon — a potsherd
1. an earthen vessel , Lat. testa, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. a tile or potsherd , especially the tablet used in voting (see. ὀστρακίζω); (Plato Philosophus) 3. a sort of earthenware castanet , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. the hard shell of testaceous animals , as snails, muscles, tortoises, (Homeric Hymns) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8784
πεύκη
peukē — pine tree
1. the pine , (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. any thing made from its wood, a torch of pine-wood , [variant datesTragica Adespota 3. a writing-tablet , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8989
πυξίον
puxion — a writing tablet
a tablet of box-wood , (Lucian) from πυξίς (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50). In Isa. 3:20 the Hebrew word means a perfume-box, as it is rendered in the Revised Version.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.