KJV dictionary & concordance
A cushion or support for the head when resting.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 19:13
Complete exact-word concordance
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
And Michal tooke an image, and laid it in the bedde, and put a pillow of goats haire for his bolster, and couered it with a cloth.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster.
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
And he was in the hinder part of the ship asleepe on a pillow: and they awake him, and say vnto him, Master, carest thou not, that we perish?
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Both 1 Samuel claims directly call the goats'-hair pillow a bolster in a bed; Mark has Jesus asleep on a pillow. The head-resting cushion identity is direct.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
A long cushion to support the head of a person when reposing on a bed; a sack or case filled with feathers, down or other soft material.
