Topic
Pillow
11 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 28:11Nave 1. A cushion
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.
- Genesis 28:18Nave 1. A cushion
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.
- 1 Samuel 19:13Nave 2. A support for the head — Made of goats' hair
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
- 1 Samuel 19:16Nave 2. A support for the head — Made of goats' hair
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
- 1 Samuel 26:7Nave 1. A cushion
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
- 1 Samuel 26:11Nave 1. A cushion
The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
- 1 Samuel 26:12Nave 2. A support for the head — Called bolster
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
- 1 Samuel 26:16Nave 1. A cushion
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
- Ezekiel 13:18Nave FIGURATIVE — Of false teachers
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
- Ezekiel 13:20Nave FIGURATIVE — Of false teachers
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.
- Mark 4:38Nave 2. A support for the head — Jesus sleeps upon
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.