Dictionary entry

Board

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bord (qeresh, "a slab or plank," "deck of a ship," "bench," "board"): This word is found inEx 26:16-21;36:21ff; its plural occurs inEx 26:15,17-29;35:11;36:20-34;39:33;40:18;Nu 3:36;4:31. This word also is used in translation of luach (Ex 27:8;38:7;So 8:9;Eze 27:5the King James Version) = "a tablet" (of stone, wood or metal), "board," "plate," "table"; also of tsla` = "rib," hence, a "side," "timber," "plank" (1Ki 6:15f). In1Ki 6:9, sedherah = "a rank," "a row," hence, "a range" or "board" is used. In the New Testament we find the expression "on board" inAc 27:44the King James Version, in translation of epi sanisin = "planks."

Frank E. Hirsch