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STOCK
The trunk of a tree, Job 14:8, or a reproachful name for the idols carved out of it, Jer 2:27 ; Hos 4:12 . The stocks in which Paul and Silas were fastened, Mal 16:24, were an instrument well known in Europe and America until recent times; consisting of two beams, the upper one movable, with grooves between them large enough to receive the ankles of the prisoner. The arms also were sometimes confined. Stocks were frequently erected in market places, that the insults of the populace might be added to the pain of confinement, Job 13:27 ; Jer 20:2 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Stock
(in the sing.) is the rendering, in the A.V., of the following Heb. and Gr. words
1. , bul, lit. produce (food, Job 40:20); hence the trunk of a tree (stock, Isa 44:19);
2. , geza, the stump (stock, Job 14:8) or trunk (stem, Isa 11:1; stock, 40:24) of a tree;
3. , ets (Jer 2:27; Jer 10:8), a tree, or piece of wood, as elsewhere rendered;
4. , eker, a plant rooted up and then transplanted in a foreign soil (Lev 25:47);
5. (Act 13:26; Php 3:5), race, or kindred (as elsewhere rendered). A gazingstock (Nah 3:6) is , roi, a sight (variously rendered elsewhere).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Stock (2)
in ecclesiastical technology, is
(1) a vessel containing a store or supply;
(2) a vessel containing oils blessed for use in the Christian sacraments. SEE OIL STOCK.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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stok: In English Versions of the Bible is used for:
(1) The stem of a tree, whether alive (Job 14:8; Isa 40:24) or cut down (Isa 44:19; The Wisdom of Solomon 14:21). In Jer 2:27; Jer 3:9; Hos 4:12, where the Hebrew has simply , ec, wood, either meaning is possible (tree-worship? idolatry?). In Jer 10:8 the text is doubtful.
(2) A family (Lev 25:47; 1 Esdras 5:37; Tobit 5:13; 1 Macc 12:21; 2 Macc 1:10; Act 13:26; Phi 3:5).
(3) Elsewhere (Job 13:27, etc.) the word refers to an instrument of punishment. See PUNISHMENTS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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* For STOCK see KIND