Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Checker-Work; (Network)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Check
Next Entry
Chedorlaomer
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

chek´ẽr -wûrk ( שׂבכה , sebhākhāh ): This was a kind of ornamentation used on the tops of the pillars of Jachin and Boaz before the porch of the Temple (1 Kings 7:17 ). Its exact form is not known. See TEMPLE . For "a broidered coat" (Exodus 28:4 the King James Version), the Revised Version (British and American) gives "a coat of checker work." See BROIDERED; EMBROIDERY .

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Checker-Work; (Network)'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/checker-work-network.html. 1915.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile