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Credit: Zde

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Comments: Beds of ancient Greece. Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth.

 

Credit: ddenisen

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Comments: Tutankhamun bed. Tomb of Tutankhamun.

 

From Easton: (Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Exodus 8:3; 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:15, 1 Samuel 19:16, etc.); during sickness (Genesis 47:31; Genesis 48:2; Genesis 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1 Samuel 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains (Deuteronomy 3:11; Psalms 132:3), for sickness (Psalms 6:6; Psalms 41:3).

In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet (Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:6; Luke 5:18; Acts 5:15).

The Jewish bedstead was frequently merely the divan or platform along the sides of the house, sometimes a very slight portable frame, sometimes only a mat or one or more quilts. The only material for bed-clothes is mentioned in 1 Samuel 19:13. Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself in his outer garment (Exodus 22:26, Exodus 22:27; Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:13).

Verses:

  • Genesis 19:4
  • Genesis 39:10
  • Genesis 47:31
  • Genesis 48:2
  • Genesis 49:4
  • Genesis 49:33
  • Exodus 8:3
  • Exodus 21:18
  • Leviticus 15:4
  • Leviticus 15:5
  • Leviticus 15:21
  • Leviticus 15:23
  • Leviticus 15:24
  • Leviticus 15:26
  • Deuteronomy 3:11
  • Deuteronomy 22:30
  • Deuteronomy 27:20
  • 1 Samuel 19:13
  • 1 Samuel 19:15
  • 1 Samuel 19:16
  • 1 Samuel 28:23
  • 2 Samuel 4:7
  • 2 Samuel 4:11
  • 2 Samuel 11:2
  • 2 Samuel 13:5
  • 2 Samuel 17:28
  • 1 Kings 1:47
  • 1 Kings 17:19
  • 1 Kings 21:4
  • 2 Kings 1:4
  • 2 Kings 1:6
  • 2 Kings 1:16
  • 2 Kings 4:10
  • 2 Kings 4:21
  • 2 Kings 4:32
  • 2 Kings 4:34
  • 2 Kings 4:35
  • 1 Chronicles 5:1
  • 2 Chronicles 24:25
  • Job 7:13
  • Job 17:13
  • Job 33:15
  • Job 33:19
  • Psalms 4:4
  • Psalms 6:6
  • Psalms 36:4
  • Psalms 41:3
  • Psalms 63:6
  • Psalms 132:3
  • Psalms 139:8
  • Psalms 149:5
  • Proverbs 7:16
  • Proverbs 7:17
  • Proverbs 22:27
  • Proverbs 26:14
  • Proverbs 31:22
  • Song of Solomon 1:16
  • Song of Solomon 3:1
  • Song of Solomon 5:13
  • Song of Solomon 6:2
  • Isaiah 14:11
  • Isaiah 28:20
  • Isaiah 57:7
  • Isaiah 57:8
  • Ezekiel 17:7
  • Ezekiel 17:10
  • Ezekiel 23:17
  • Daniel 2:28
  • Daniel 2:29
  • Daniel 4:5
  • Daniel 4:10
  • Daniel 4:13
  • Daniel 7:1
  • Hosea 7:14
  • Amos 3:12
  • Amos 6:4
  • Micah 2:1
  • Matthew 8:14
  • Mark 1:30
  • Mark 4:21
  • Mark 7:30
  • Luke 8:16
  • Luke 11:7
  • Luke 17:34
  • Acts 28:8
  • Hebrews 13:4
  • Revelation 2:22
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​b/bed.html. 2024.
 
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