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fûr´nish ( מלא , mālē' ; πλήθομαι , plḗthomai ): To "furnish" is to supply with what is useful or necessary, to fit out, provide, equip. It is the translation of several Hebrew or Greek words: of mālē' , "to fill in or up," "to complete" (Isaiah 65:11 the King James Version); nāsā , "to lift up," "to aid" (1 Kings 9:11 ); ‛ānaḳ , Hiphil, probably "to lay on the neck," "to encircle" (with a bracelet) (Deuteronomy 15:14 ), of a slave set at liberty; ‛ārakh , "to arrange in order," "to lay out a table" (Psalm 78:19 the King James Version; Proverbs 9:2 ); ‛āsāh kelı̄ , "to make a vessel for containing things" (Jeremiah 46:19 , "Furnish thyself to go into captivity," the Revised Version, margin "Hebrew, make thee vessels of captivity"); plēthomai , "to be filled" (Matthew 22:10 the King James Version); strō̇nnumı̄ , "to strew," "to spread" (Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12 ); exartı́zō , "to complete fully," to equip" (2 Timothy 3:17 ).
In Ecclesiasticus 29:26 we have "furnish a table" (kosméō ); 44:6, "furnished with ability" (chorēgéō ); 1 Macc 14:34 the King James Version, "He furnished them with all things" (tı́thēmi ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Furnish'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/f/furnish.html. 1915.
