KJV dictionary & concordance
A frame with side pieces joined by rungs or steps, used for ascending or descending.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 28:12
Complete exact-word concordance
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And he dreamed, and beholde, a ladder set vp on the earth, and the top of it reached to heauen: and beholde the Angels of God ascending and descending on it.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A frame of wood, consisting of two side pieces, connected by rounds inserted in them at suitable distances, and thus forming steps, by which persons may ascend a building, etc. A frame of wood, consisting of two sidepieces, connected by rounds inserted in. That by which a person ascends or rises; means of ascending.
