Topic
Tackling
2 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.
- Isaiah 33:23Easton
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
- Acts 27:19Easton
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
(Isa. 33:23), the ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts 27:19 this word means generally the furniture of the ship or the “gear” (27:17), all that could be removed from the ship.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
tak'-ling.
See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (2).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.