Mast
Mast
is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of two Heb. words. (chibbel’, so called from the ropes and stays with which it is fastened), occurs only in Pro 23:34, Thou (that tarriest long at the wine) shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of the mast (Sept. , Vulg. quasi sopitus gubernator amnisso cleano), doubtless correctly as referring to an intoxicated sailor falling asleep at the mast-head in a storm at sea. (to’ren, prob. l.q. , a pine-tree) the mast of a ship (Isaiah 23:23; Eze 27:5; Sept ,Vulg. malus); also a signal-pole set up on mountains for an ensign (Isa 30:17; Sept. ,Vulg. malus, Auth. Vers. beacon). Ancient vessels had ofter two or three masts (see Smith’s Dict. of Class. Antiq.v. Malus). SEE SHIP.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Mast
See SHIPS AND BOATS, II., 2., (3); 3.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Mast
Pro 23:34 (b) Here we see a type of the condition of a drunken man who reels to and fro and has no certain standing. He is blown about easily by the winds of lust, and is carried away by his own evil mind.
Isa 33:23 (b) This type represents the helplessness of GOD’s people to handle their own affairs properly. They must depend fully on the guidance of the Lord for their daily path.