International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
RAFTERraf'-ter (Songs 1:17).
See GALLERY; HOUSE.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A raftsman.
2. (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof.
3. (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber.
4. (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house.
5. (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
Strong's Hebrew
3714. kaphis -- a rafter, girder... << 3713b, 3714. kaphis. 3715 >>. a
rafter, girder. Transliteration: kaphis
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-fece') Short Definition:
rafter. Word
... /hebrew/3714.htm - 5k 6982. qorah -- a rafter, beam
... << 6981, 6982. qorah. 6983 >>. a rafter, beam. Transliteration: qorah Phonetic
Spelling: (ko-raw') Short Definition: beam. Word Origin ...
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1356b. geb -- a beam, rafter
... geb. 1357 >>. a beam, rafter. Transliteration: geb Short Definition: beams. Word
Origin from gub Definition a beam, rafter NASB Word Usage beams (1). ...
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7351. rahit -- perhaps rafters, boards
... rafter. From the same as rahat; a panel (as resembling a trough) -- rafter. see
HEBREW rahat. << 7350, 7351. rahit. 7352 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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