Cupboard
Cupboard
(), a place of deposit for vases, dishes, etc. (so Athen. Deipn. xi, c. 2, p. 48; Zonaras, Lex. col. 1268), e.g. for the royal plate (1Ma 15:32).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cupboard
CUPBOARD (1Ma 15:32).A sideboard used for the display of gold and silver plate. This is the earliest meaning of cupboard; cf. Greene (1592), Her mistress set all her plate on the cubboorde for shew.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Cupboard
kuberd (, kulkion, 1 Macc 15:32): A kind of sideboard in or on which Simon’s gold and silver vessels were displayed, and which, among other evidences of his glory, amazed the Syrian envoy Athenobius. Compare the Roman abacus, said to have been introduced into Rome from Asia.