Tables (Easton)

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(Mark 7:4 ) means banqueting-couches or benches, on which the Jews reclined when at meals. This custom, along with the use of raised tables like ours, was introduced among the Jews after the Captivity. Before this they had, properly speaking, no table. That which served the purpose was a skin or"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter T Bible Dictionaries Tables Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Tabitha Next Entry Tablet Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Table Thompson Chain Reference Tables of Stone Tables of Money, Weights, Measures, Etc Table Dictionaries American Church Dictionary Table Lord's Table, the Kindred, Table of (only first 3 shown) American Tract Society Table Easton's Bible Dictionary Tables Holman Bible Dictionary Table of Nations Table Hastings' BibleDictionary Table, Tablet Table Hastings' NT Dictionary Table, Tablet Table King James Dictionary Tables Table Morrish Bible Dictionary Table of Showbread Table Lord's Table, the; the Lord's Supper 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Table, Credence Credence-Table Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Table People's Bible Dictionary Tables of Measures Weights and Money in the Bible Table of Kings and Prophets in Israel and Judah Concise Chronological Table of Bible History Vines' Expository Dictionary Table Wilson's Bible Types Table Webster Dictionary Time-Table Tabling Tables D'hote (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Tables of the Law Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Bench Table Mathematical Table Table (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Shewbread, Table of Showbread, Table of Table (only first 3 shown) McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Bench-Table Communion-Table Corbel-Table (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Alfonsine Tables Eugubine Tables Knights of the Round Table (only first 3 shown) The Jewish Encyclopedia Alfonsine Tables Table Table, Golden (only first 3 shown) Lexicons ܠܽܘܚܳܐ ܦ݁ܳܬ݂ܽܘܪܳܐ ἀνάκειμαι κλινάριον , κλίνη πινακίδιον , πινακίς (only first 3 shown) כוּמָּז לוּחַ מֵסַב , מְסִבָּה (only first 3 shown) ( Mark 7:4 ) means banqueting-couches or benches, on which the Jews reclined when at meals. This custom, along with the use of raised tables like ours, was introduced among the Jews after the Captivity. Before this they had, properly speaking, no table. That which served the purpose was a skin or piece of leather spread out on the carpeted floor. Sometimes a stool was placed in the middle of this skin. (See ABRAHAM'S BOSOM; BANQUET; MEALS .)

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