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Hinges
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HING'ES. The translation of two Hebrew words. The hinges of Prov 26:14; were probably the pivots inserted in sockets, both above and below, upon which Oriental doors are even now hung. The hinges of 1 Kgs 7:50 were "probably of the Egyptian kind, attached to the upper and lower sides of the door."
Scripture references
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HING'ES. The translation of two Hebrew words. The hinges of Prov 26:14; were probably the pivots inserted in sockets, both above and below, upon which Oriental doors are even now hung. The hinges of 1 Kgs 7:50 were "probably of the Egyptian kind, attached to the upper and lower sides of the door."