KJV dictionary & concordance
A restraining frame or instrument in which the feet or body of a prisoner are fastened.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 13:27
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Thou puttest my feete also in the stockes, and lookest narrowly vnto all my pathes; thou settest a print vpon the heeles of my feete.
1611 marginal noteHeb. obseruest.
1611 marginal noteHeb. roots.
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
He putteth my feete in the stockes, he marketh all my pathes.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,
1611 marginal noteHeb. suddenly.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
And it came to passe thorow the lightnes of her whoredome, that shee defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stockes.
1611 marginal noteOr, fame.
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
Then Pashur smote Ieremiah the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the high gate of Beniamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
And it came to passe on the morrow, that Pashur brought foorth Ieremiah out of the stockes. Then sayd Ieremiah vnto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
1611 marginal noteThat is, feare round about.
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
The LORD hath made thee Priest in the stead of Iehoiada the Priest, that ye should be Officers in the house of the LORD, for euery man that is madde, and maketh himselfe a Prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stockes:
1611 marginal note2.King.9.11. acts.26.24.
¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
¶ My people aske counsel at their stocks, and their staffe declareth vnto them: for the spirit of whordomes hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Who hauing receiued such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, & made their feet fast in the stockes.
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Historical English dictionary sources
a machine consisting of two pieces of timber, in which the legs of criminals are confined by way of punishment.
