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Carriage

אַפִּרְיוֹןStrong’s H0668

appiryon (ap-pir-yon)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Appiryon is the Hebrew word usually translated “litter”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.”
Song of Solomon 3:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Sedan, litter, palanquin
  2. (CLBL) chariot
How it's translated
  • a litter 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Song of Solomon 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    אַפִּרְיוֹן appiryon · carriage

    1) sedan, litter, palanquin 2) (CLBL) chariot

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    CARRIAGE, noun

    1. The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying; as the carriage of sounds.
    2. The act of taking by an enemy; conquest; acquisition.
    3. That which carries, especially on wheels; a vehicle.
    4. The price or expense of carrying.
    All definitions
    1. That which is carried; burden; as baggage, vessels, furniture, etc.“And David left his carriage in the hands of the keeper of the carriage” 1 Samuel 17:22
    2. In a moral sense, the manner of carrying ones self; behavior; conduct; deportment; personal manners.
    3. Measures; practices; management.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.