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rests

Meaning of “rests”

Supports or ledges made in a wall for beams.

Definition sources

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1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Kings 6:6

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The KJV occurrence

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1 Kings 6:6
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 6:6 · retained source text

The nethermost chamber was fiue cubites broad, and the middle was sixe cubites broad, and the third was seuen cubites broad: for without in the wall of the house hee made narrowed rests round about, that the beames should not bee fastened in the walles of the house.

1611 marginal noteHeb. narrowings, or, rebatements.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 Kings 6:6

The narrowed rests are made around the wall so beams need not be fastened into it, directly supplying their supporting function.