KJV dictionary & concordance

beam

Meaning of “beam”

A large, long piece of timber used as a support, bar, or weaver's beam; in the eye figure, such a timber represents a conspicuous fault.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

15 occurrences14 verses9 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Judges 16:14

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KJV PCE

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:11 · retained source text

For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.

1611 marginal noteOr, piece, or, fastening.

1611 marginal noteOr, witnesse against it.

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Historical English dictionary sources

A large, long piece of timber used as a support, bar, balance arm, or weaver's beam.

volume 1, leaf 250, column 2-3 (main_dictionary)