Bible Dictionary: Pin

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To peen.

2. (v. t.) To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

3. (n.) A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

4. (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

5. (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

6. (n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use

7. (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

8. (n.) A linchpin.

9. (n.) A rolling-pin.

10. (n.) A clothespin.

11. (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

12. (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.

13. (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

14. (n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

15. (n.) Mood; humor.

16. (n.) Caligo. See Caligo.

17. (n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

18. (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

19. (n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(yathedh, from yathadh, "to drive in a peg"(?)): A cylindrical piece of wood or metal (e.g. brass, Exodus 27:19) such as that used by weavers in beating up the woof in the loom (Judges 16:14, where Delilah fastened Samson's hair with the "pin"); or as a peg for hanging (Ezekiel 15:3; compare Isaiah 22:23 Ezra 9:8); or as a tent-pin, such as those used in the tabernacle (Exodus 27:19; Exodus 35:18; Exodus 38:20, 31; 39:40 Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:32 Judges 4:21, where the King James Version translates "nail," the Revised Version (British and American) "tent-pin"; compare Judges 5:26, where Hebrew has the same word, English Versions of the Bible "nail"). The tent-pin, like that of today, was probably sharpened at one end (Judges 4:21) and so shaped at the other as to permit the attaching of the cords so frequently mentioned in the same connection (Exodus 35:18; Exodus 39:40 Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:32; compare Isaiah 33:20). From the acts of driving in the tent-pin (Taqa`) and pulling it out (nasa') are derived the technical Hebrew terms for pitching a tent and for breaking camp.

See also CRISPING PINS (Isaiah 3:22, the Revised Version (British and American) "satchels"); STAKE.

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Greek

4094. pinax -- a board, dish
... a board, dish. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pinax Phonetic Spelling:
(pin'-ax) Short Definition: a plate, platter Definition: a plate ...
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4093. pinakidion -- a writing tablet
... a writing tablet. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pinakidion Phonetic
Spelling: (pin-ak-id'-ee-on) Short Definition: a tablet for writing ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3489. yathed -- a peg, pin
... 3488, 3489. yathed. 3490 . a peg, pin. Transliteration: yathed Phonetic Spelling:
(yaw-thade') Short Definition: pegs. ... nail, paddle, pin, stake. ...
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2053. vav -- a hook, pin, peg
... 2052, 2053. vav. 2054 . a hook, pin, peg. Transliteration: vav Phonetic
Spelling: (vaw) Short Definition: hooks. Word Origin of ...
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2754. charit -- bag, purse
... bag, crisping pin. Or charit {khaw-reet'}; from the same as cheret; properly, cut
out (or hollow), ie (by implication) a pocket -- bag, crisping pin. ...
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6438. pinnah -- a corner
... 6437, 6438. pinnah. 6439 . a corner. Transliteration: pinnah Phonetic
Spelling: (pin-naw') Short Definition: corner. Word Origin ...
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8628. taqa -- to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast
... A primitive root; to clatter, ie Slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument);
by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to ...
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5221. nakah -- to smite
... 2), drove (1), indeed defeated (1), inflicted (4), kill (11), kill* (1), killed
(36), killing (3), kills (10), made (1), overthrown (1), pin (2), ruined (2 ...
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7165. qeres -- a hook
... tache. From qarac; a knob or belaying-pin (from its swelling form) -- tache. see
HEBREW qarac. 7164, 7165. qeres. 7166 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Bibliography.
... A few are also collected in Du Pin's edd. of Optatus Mil. ... In this the prefaces and
annotations are of value. Reprinted in Du Pin's ed. of Optatus Mil. ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter i name.htm

An Irresistible Plan.
... Things were in bad shape. All the machinery hung upon a little pin holding two parts
together. That pin threatens to bend and break for lack of temper. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/an irresistible plan.htm

On Sin and Its Kinds
... Now, if you steal only a pin the act of stealing in that case could not be a mortal
sin, because the "matter," namely, the stealing of an ordinary pin, is not ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 6 on sin and.htm

Latitudinarian Churchmanship.
... Bull Unigenitus, and were proposing to appeal from the Pope to a general council,
a communication was received by Archbishop Wake,[304] that Du Pin, head of ...
/.../chapter v latitudinarian churchmanship.htm

The Inheritance.
... valore. E quanta gente pin lassu s' intende, Piu v' e da bene amare, e
pin vi s' ama, E come specchio, l' uno all' altro rende. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the inheritance.htm

The Life of Mr. Robert Cunningham.
... besides many other gracious expressions, he said, "I see Christ standing over death's
head, saying, Deal warily with my servant, loose thou this pin, then that ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr robert 4.htm

"Am Ia Soldier of the Cross. "
... 3 Kah nuh ween go uh yah see wug Ka mah mee gah nuh gig? Nin dah duh gwe
shin nuh keesh pin Ah nuh wain je ga yon? 4 Keesh pin wah ...
/.../a collection of gospel hymns in ojibway and english/nuhguhmoowin 17 c m am.htm

"Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide. "
... 3 Keesh pin suh moon shug ne we je we yun; Me suh ka gait, che ne muh monzh zhe
ug Muh je Mun' doo che sa ge ze se won? Mah noo suh Je sus, O we je we shin! ...
/.../nuhguhmoowin 27 10s abide with.htm

A Strong Man who Lost his Strength
... you can be bound fast." He said to her, "If you should weave the seven braids on
my head along with the web and beat it into form with the weaving pin, I would ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/a strong man who lost.htm

Eighth Commandment
... Two people were once arguing upon this point, and one said: "Well, you will not
contend that a theft of a pin and of a dollar are the same to God?" "When you ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/weighed and wanting/eighth commandment.htm

Thesaurus

Pin (10 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. 6. (n.) That which resembles a
pin in its form or use. ... 8. (n.) A linchpin. 9. (n.) A rolling-pin. 10. ...
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Tent-pin (4 Occurrences)
Tent-pin. Tent-makers, Tent-pin. Tent-pins . Multi-Version Concordance
Tent-pin (4 Occurrences). Judges 4:21 Then Jael ...
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Pin-points (1 Occurrence)
Pin-points. Pinon, Pin-points. Pins . Multi-Version Concordance
Pin-points (1 Occurrence). Numbers 33:55 But if you ...
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Crisping-pin
Crisping-pin. Crispingpin, Crisping-pin. Crisping-pins . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Crispingpin, Crisping-pin. Crisping-pins . Reference Bible.
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Peg (8 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. ... or will men
take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Spindle (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread
is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which ...
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Jael (6 Occurrences)
... When sleep came to the wearied fugitive she took a "tent-pin, and took a hammer
in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples ...
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Weaving (4 Occurrences)
... No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "shuttle" (Job
7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judges 16:14), "the web" (13, 14), and "the beam ...
/w/weaving.htm - 17k

Quietly (30 Occurrences)
... Judges 4:21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to
him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into ...
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Nail (9 Occurrences)
... Aramaic Tephar (Daniel 4:33, "his nails like birds' claws"). (2) As pin or peg
(for tents, or driven into the wall) the word is yathedh (in Judges 4:21 the ...
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Bible Concordance

Pin (10 Occurrences)

Judges 4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT)

Judges 4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.
(See JPS ASV BBE YLT)

Judges 5:26 She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head; Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
(See JPS ASV BBE YLT)

Judges 16:13 Then Delilah said to Samson, Up to now you have made sport of me with false words; now say truly, how may you be put in bands? And he said to her, If you get the seven twists of my hair worked into the cloth you are making and fixed with the pin, I will become feeble and will be like any other man.
(BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 16:14 She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 18:11 and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 19:10 Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 26:8 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 22:16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.
(WEB)

Ezekiel 15:3 Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Related Terms

Tent-pin (4 Occurrences)

Pin-points (1 Occurrence)

Crisping-pin

Peg (8 Occurrences)

Spindle (2 Occurrences)

Jael (6 Occurrences)

Weaving (4 Occurrences)

Quietly (30 Occurrences)