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Cushion

προσκεφάλαιονStrong’s G4344

proskephalaion

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Proskephalaion is the Greek word usually translated “cushion”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“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?”
Mark 4:38 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “cushion”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • cushion 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    προσκεφάλαιον proskephalaion · cushion

    προσ-κεφάλαιον, -ου, τό [in LXX: Eze.13:18, 20 (כֶּסֶת), I Est.3:8 * ;] a pillow, cushion: Mrk.4:38.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “cushion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CUSHION, noun

    1. A pillow for a seat; a soft pad to be placed on a chair; a bag, stuffed with wool, hair or other soft material.
    2. A bag of leather filled with sand, used by engravers to support the plate.
    3. In gilding, a stuffing of fine tow or wool, covered by leather, on a board; used for receiving the leaves of gold from the paper, in order to its being cut into proper sizes and figures.
    All definitions and other forms of “cushion”

      CUSHION, verb transitive

      To seat on a cushion

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.