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Stall

רֶ֫פֶתStrong’s H7517

rephet (re-phet)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:”
Habakkuk 3:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Stable, stall
How it's translated
  • in the stalls 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Habakkuk 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רֶ֫פֶת rephet · stall

    stable, stall

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    STALL, noun

    [G., to set, that is, to throw down, to thrust down. See Still.]

    1. Primarily, a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the apartment for one horse or ox.
    2. A stable; a place for cattle.
    3. In stall is used for horse. 1 Kings 4:262 Chronicles 9:25
    4. A bench, form or frame of shelves in the open air, where any thing is exposed to sale.
    All definitions and other forms of “stall”
    1. A small house or shed in which an occupation is carried on; as a butchers stall
    2. The seat of a dignified clergyman in the choir.

    STALL, verb transitive

    1. To put into a stable; or to keep in a stable; as, to stall an ox.
    2. To install; to place in an office with the customary formalities. [For this, install is now used.]
    3. To set; to fix; to plunge into mire so as not to be able to proceed; as, to stall horses or a carriage. [This phrase I have heard in Virginia.

    STALL, verb intransitive

    1. To dwell; to inhabit.
    2. To kennel.
    3. To be set, as in mire.
    4. To be tired of eating, as cattle.

    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.