Hinge
Hinge
(, tsir, that upon which a door revolves, Pro 26:14; also the pangs of childbirth, Isa 13:8, etc.; also a messenger, Pro 13:17, etc.; , poth, lit. zan interstice, put. for pudenda. muliebra, Isa 3:17; fig, female hinges, i.e. the eyes or parts with sockets, 1Ki 7:50). Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than what we term hinges. They were. sometimes of metal, but generally of the same material as the door itself, and worked in sockets above and below in the door- frame. As the weight of the door rests on the lower pivot, it opens with much less ease than one moving on hinges, particularly when the lower socket becomes worn by the weight and friction. Pict. Bible, note on Pro 26:14. In Syria, and especially the Hauran, there are many ancient doors consisting of stone slabs with pivots carved out of the same piece, inserted in sockets above and below, and fixed during the building of the house. The allusion in Pro 26:14 is thus clearly explained. The hinges mentioned in 1Ki 7:50, were probably of the Egyptian kind, attached to the upper and lower sides of the door (Buckingham, Arab Tribes, p. 177; Porter, Damascus, 2, 22, 192; Maundrell, Early Travels, p. 447, 448 [Bohn]; Shaw, Travels, p. 210; Lord Lindsay, Letters, p. 292; Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. abridgm. 1, 15). SEE DOOR.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hinge
(Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. “Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors, consisting of stone slabs with pivots carved out of the same piece inserted in sockets above and below, and fixed during the building of the house” (Prov. 26:14).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hinge
In the Hauran the door was often a stone slab with a stone pivot above and below of the same piece, fitting into corresponding sockets. (Pro 26:14). As the door moves round the same center, and cannot be separated from it, it moves indeed, but not forward; so the slothful man lies now on this side now on that, but will not be torn from his bed.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Hinge
HINGE.See House, 6.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Hinge
hinj (, poth): Hinges of Jewish sacred buildings in Scripture are mentioned only in connection with Solomon’s temple. Here those for the doors, both of the oracle and of the outer temple, are said to have been of gold (1Ki 7:50). By this is probably to be understood that the pivots upon which the doors swung, and which turned in the sockets of the threshold and the lintel, were cased in gold. The proverb, As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the sluggard upon his bed (Pro 26:14), describes the ancient mode of ingress and egress into important edifices. In the British Museum are many examples of stone sockets taken from Babylonian and Assyrian palaces and temples, engraved with the name and titles of the royal builder; while in the Hauran doors of a single slab of stone with stone pivots are still found in situ. Hinges, as we understand the word, were unknown in the ancient world. See HOUSE II, 1.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Hinge
The only hinges handed down from antiquity are pivots projecting above and below the door, on which the door turned. In the temple the hinges were of gold, and may have been of this description. 1Ki 7:50; Pro 26:14. In ancient existing houses with stone doors the hinges are stone projections at the top and bottom of the doors.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Hinge
Hinge. Both ancient Egyptian and modern Oriental doors were and are hung by means of pivots, turning in sockets, on both the upper and lower sides. 1Ki 7:50. In Syria, and especially the Hauran, there are many ancient doors consisting of stone slabs with pivots, carved out of the same piece, inserted in sockets, above and below, and fixed during the building of the house. The allusion in Pro 26:14 is thus clearly explained.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Hinge
1Ki 7:50 (c) The hinges tell of the motives which actuate the life of the Christian. The inner motives of the private life, and the outer motive of the public life are to be pure, rich, and valuable as gold is valuable and rich.