Genesis 28:11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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Pillows
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Ezekiel 13:20
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
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כֶּסֶת
keçeth · keh'-seth
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a cushion or pillow (as covering a seat or bed)
Strong's KJV usage: pillow.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 13:18Strong's last: Ezekiel 13:20
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mᵉraʼăshâh · mer-ah-ash-aw'
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
Strong's KJV usage: bolster, head, pillow. Compare 4772.
Strong's first: Genesis 28:11Strong's last: Genesis 28:18
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H4763
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
H4763
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
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pillow
PIL'LOW, noun [Latin pulvinar; from Latin pilus, hair, or from stuffing.]
1. A long cushion to support the head of a person when reposing on a bed; a sack or case filled with feathers, down or other soft material.
2. In a ship, the block on which the inner end of a bowsprit is supported.
The pillow of a plow, is a cross piece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
PIL'LOW, verb transitive To rest or lay on for support.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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