Bolster
Bible Usage:
- bolster used 6 times.
- First Reference: 1 Samuel 19:13
- Last Reference: 1 Samuel 26:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H4763 Used 6 times
The Hebrew word kebir, rendered "pillow" in 1 Samuel 19:13, 16, but in Revised Version marg. "quilt" or "network," probably means some counterpane or veil intended to protect the head of the sleeper. A different Hebrew word (meraashoth') is used for "bolster" (1 Samuel 26:7, 11, 16). It is rightly rendered in Revised Version "at his head." In Genesis 28:11, 18 the Authorized Version renders it "for his pillows," and the Revised Version "under his head." In Ezekiel 13:18, 20 another Hebrew word (kesathoth) is used, properly denoting "cushions" or "pillows," as so rendered both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.
BOLSTER, noun
1. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of persons lying on a bed; generally laid under the pillows.
2. A pad, or quilt, used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part a compress.
3. In sadlery, a part of a saddle raised upon the bows or hinder part, to hold the rider's thigh.
4. In ships, a cushion or bag, filled with tarred canvas, used to preserve the stays from being worn or chafed by the masts.
BOLSTER, verb transitive To support with a bolster pillow or any soft pad or quilt.
1. To support; to hold up; to maintain.
2. To afford a bed to.
BOLSTERED, adjective Swelled out.
BOLSTERER, noun A supporter.
BOLSTERING,noun A prop or support.