Bible Dictionary: Scaffold

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.

2. (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.

3. (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.

4. (v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SCAFFOLD

skaf'-old (kiyyor): The English word is used once of Solomon's "brazen scaffold" on which he knelt at the dedication of the temple (2 Chronicles 6:13).

Strong's Hebrew

3595. kiyyor -- pot, basin
... firepot (1), laver (9), pan (1), platform (1). hearth, laver, pan, scaffold.
Or kiyor {kee-yore'}; from the same as kuwr; properly ...
/hebrew/3595.htm - 6k

Library

The Day of Blood at Prague.
... The condemned prisoners, half of whom were Brethren, were in the Council House:
in front of their window was the scaffold, draped in black cloth, twenty feet ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xv the day of.htm

The True Spirit of Missions.
... Effort and means have given place to horror and despair. The prospect before you
is the scaffold, the block, a yawning grave, and a dread eternity. ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter i the true spirit.htm

The Collar of Gold
... At the summit of the wooden slope the beautiful Israelite, who had preceded her
charges, passed up the burden of each one to the Hebrews on the scaffold. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter ix the collar of.htm

The Lives of Messrs. John Kid and John King.
... countenance, said, "I have often heard and read of a kid sacrificed, but I seldom
or never heard of a king made a sacrifice." Upon the scaffold they appeared ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the lives of messrs john.htm

The Life of Mr. Hugh M'kail.
... strengthening of his fellow prisoners: How should he go from the tolbooth thro'
a multitude of gazing people, and guards of soldiers to a scaffold and gibbet ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr hugh 2.htm

National Days 433. Once to Every Man and Nation
... Yet 'tis truth alone is strong; Though her portion be the scaffold,. And upon
the throne be wrong,. Yet that scaffold sways the future,. ...
/.../national days 433 once to.htm

The Burning of Hus.
... In the middle of the Cathedral floor was a scaffold; on the scaffold a table and
a block of wood; on the block of wood some priestly robes. The Mass was said. ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter ii the burning of.htm

Open the History of America, the History of England...
... obtained, "put not your trust in princes, or in the son of man, because salvation
is not in them, but from on high." While walking to the scaffold, he stopped ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/xviii open the history of.htm

The Life of David Hackston of Rathillet.
... Being come upon the scaffold, his right hand was struck off, and a little after
his left; which he endured with great firmness and constancy. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of david hackston.htm

Liii. The Contemplation of Death.
... In the courtyard of the palace the executioner was setting up the scaffold.
And after the banquet came a grand ball, and the rooms ...
/.../liii the contemplation of death.htm

Thesaurus

Scaffold (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal;
as, to die on the scaffold. ... 4. (vt) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold. ...
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Kneeleth (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Chronicles 6:13 for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the
midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and ...
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Knelt (20 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 6:13 for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and
five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the ...
/k/knelt.htm - 12k

Kneeled (12 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 6:13 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and
five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the ...
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Tumble (1 Occurrence)
... and tosses. 2. (vi) To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be
precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. 3. (vi) To ...
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Mount (311 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's
self on a horse for riding. 6. (n.) To attain in value; to amount. ...
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Scabs (4 Occurrences)

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Standard (42 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. 7. (n.) An upright
support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing. ...
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Spreadeth (37 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 6:13 for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the
midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and ...
/s/spreadeth.htm - 17k

Stage (5 Occurrences)
... or the like. 3. (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work,
or the like; a scaffold; a staging. 4. (n.) A platform ...
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Bible Concordance

Scaffold (1 Occurrence)

2 Chronicles 6:13 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
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Subtopics

Scaffold

Related Terms

Kneeleth (1 Occurrence)

Knelt (20 Occurrences)

Kneeled (12 Occurrences)

Tumble (1 Occurrence)

Mount (311 Occurrences)

Scabs (4 Occurrences)

Standard (42 Occurrences)

Spreadeth (37 Occurrences)

Stage (5 Occurrences)