Cushion
Cushion
SEE BED; SEE PILLOW.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Cushion
CUSHION.In NT only in Mar 4:38 Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 [Authorized Version pillow] for , a cushion for the head, but also for sitting or reclining upon (see references in Liddell and Scott, s.v.). By LXX Septuagint renders of Eze 13:18 where the Arabic equivalent is mekhaddt. Mekhaddeh (sing.) is just the word used by the Sea of Galilee fishermen for the cushion they place in the hinder part of their fishing-boats for the comfort of the passenger to-day. These boats are probably similar to those used by our Lord and His friends, and on just such a cushion the present writer has often rested in crossing the same waters.
The cushions universally used to support the head or the arm in reclining on the diwn are in size about 24 15 5. They are usually made of strawless frequently of cotton or hairsewn into strong canvas, and covered with coloured print or silk. The larger cushions for the seat of the diwn, and employed in the boats, are of the same material. See Pillow.
W. Ewing.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Cushion
CUSHION.See Pillow.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Cushion
kooshun (, proskephalaion): In New Testament, only in Mar 4:38 the Revised Version (British and American). The word means literally, a cushion for the head (the King James Version pillow) but was also used of one for sitting or reclining upon, e.g. of a rower’s cushion. The article used with it in this passage suggests that it was one of the customary furnishings of the boat, and it was probably similar to the cushion placed for the comfort of passengers in the stern of modern boats on the Sea of Galilee. Silken cushions of Amo 3:12 the Revised Version (British and American) is a rendering of the Hebrew demeshek from its supposed connection with damask. These cushions formed the divan, often the only article of furniture in an oriental reception room. Cushions occurs further in the somewhat doubtful the Revised Version, margin rendering of Pro 7:16; Pro 31:22.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Cushion
* For CUSHION see PILLOW