Bible Dictionary: Socket

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

2. (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SOCKET

sok'-et ('edhen): The tabernacle in the wilderness being constructed as a portable building without permanent foundation, its stability was attained by the use of "sockets" into which the pillars and boards forming its walls were sunk. The word therefore is used solely in relation to the tabernacle, except in one poetic passage (Songs 5:15), where the legs of the beloved are compared to "pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold." In all, the tabernacle with its court rested upon 165 bases or sockets, apportioned thus:

(1) silver sockets, each a talent (circa 95 lbs.) in weight (Exodus 38:27), namely, 96 to support the 48 boards of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:19); 4 for the pillars supporting the veil (Exodus 26:32) = 100;

(2) bronze sockets, weight not given, namely, 50 to support the 50 standards on which were hung the curtains of the tabernacle on North, South and West (Exodus 27:10), 10 to support 10 pillars on the E. (Exodus 27:13), and 5 to support the 5 pillars upholding the screen at the tabernacle entrance (Exodus 26:27) = 65. The site for the tabernacle being chosen and leveled, these sockets would be "laid" upon it (Exodus 40:18), and the tenons of the boards, or projecting base of the pillar, inserted into holes made for the purpose.

W. Shaw Caldecott

Strong's Hebrew

134. eden -- a base, pedestal
... Word Origin from the same as adon Definition a base, pedestal NASB Word Usage bases
(1), pedestals (1), socket (1), sockets (52). foundation, socket. ...
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7926. shekem -- shoulder
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition shoulder NASB Word Usage back (2), portion
(1), shoulder (12), shoulders (7), socket (1). place of burdens. ...
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4402. milleth -- perhaps setting or border, rim
... fitly. From male'; fulness, ie (concretely) a plump socket (of the eye) -- X fitly.
see HEBREW male'. 4401, 4402. milleth. 4403 . Strong's Numbers.
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4388. maktesh -- mortar
... hollow place, mortar. From kathash; a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) --
hollow place, mortar. see HEBREW kathash. 4387, 4388. maktesh. 4389 . ...
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2356. chor -- a hole
... cave, hole. Or (shortened) chor {khore}; the same as chuwr; a cavity, socket, den --
cave, hole. see HEBREW chuwr. 2355, 2356. chor. 2357 . Strong's Numbers
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3709. kaph -- hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) ...
... 1), hands (69), hands* (1), hollow (1), hoof* (1), palm (8), palms (3), pan (12),
pans (9), paws (1), pledge (1), pledges* (1), power (1), socket (4), sole (11 ...
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Library

Meeting a Brother who had Been Wronged
... When he saw that he did not win against Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip,
and the socket of Jacob's hip was strained, as he wrestled with him. ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/meeting a brother who had.htm

The Strife for Precedence.
... fire. When, with an honest purpose, we probe it and pluck at it, still
we may detect it in the lowest socket of the heart. Often ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse iii the strife for.htm

Passion.
... His voice flowed on until the candle which he held in his hand burned away and went
out in its socket! The next morning he was not, for God had taken him.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/jackson/the message and the man/chapter vi passion.htm

The Infallibility of God's Purpose
... upon the circle of the earth, before whom all its inhabitants are as grasshoppers,
we nestle in the Rock of ages, which from its eternal socket never starts ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the infallibility of gods purpose.htm

From the Fond Caresses which the Soul Has Has with God Beneath the ...
... they not chosen to kill me with my only Love, that I yet might have embraced, with
the arms of my heart, in sorrow and desolation, the hard stone socket of the ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xv from the fond.htm

His Legs are as Pillars of Marble, Set Upon Sockets of Fine Gold ...
... For although for a few hours it yielded to death, yet being set upon a socket of
fine gold, that is, united to the Divinity, it did not see corruption (Acts 2 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/15 his legs are as.htm

Proposed Action on Clerical Celibacy.
... He was also celebrated for his miracles, and was held in so great respect by the
Emperor, that the latter often kissed the empty socket of the lost eye. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/proposed action on clerical celibacy.htm

Concerning the Tabernacle which Moses Built in the Wilderness for ...
... they had each of them two tenons belonging to them, inserted into their bases, and
these were of silver, in each of which bases there was a socket to receive ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 concerning the tabernacle.htm

England's Strength
... In some of them the light of the Gospel has been quenched utterly, and in others
it lingers like a candle flickering down into the socket. ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiv englands strength.htm

The Meteor Shower (Preached at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, Nov. ...
... if" to quote the famous words of the German sage"'If, instead of the Divine Eye,
there must glare on us an empty, black, bottomless eye- socket;' and the ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon xvi the meteor shower.htm

Thesaurus

Socket (5 Occurrences)
... candlestick. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SOCKET. sok ... purpose. W. Shaw Caldecott.
Multi-Version Concordance Socket (5 Occurrences). Genesis ...
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Shoe (13 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. 11.
(n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. 12. ...
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Hollow (35 Occurrences)
... hol'-o (kaph, nabhabh): "Hollow" is the translation of kaph, "hollow" (Genesis
32:25, 32, "the hollow of his thigh," the hip-pan or socket, over the sciatic ...
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Sockets (44 Occurrences)
... of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the
veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket. ...
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Oil (281 Occurrences)
... A flat stone is next placed on top, and then a heavy log is placed on the pile in
such a manner that one end can be fitted into a socket made in a wall or rock ...
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Society (4 Occurrences)

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100 (8 Occurrences)
... of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the
veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket. ...
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Joint (12 Occurrences)
... or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge;
as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. ...
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Ink (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower
end of a millstone spindle runs. 2. (n.) A fluid, or a ...
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Talents (36 Occurrences)
... of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the
veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket. ...
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Bible Concordance

Socket (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 32:25 When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.
(See NAS NIV)

Genesis 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel don't eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 38:27 The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)

Job 31:22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
(See NAS RSV)

Isaiah 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they strengthen not the socket of their mast, they cannot spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Socket

Related Terms

Shoe (13 Occurrences)

Hollow (35 Occurrences)

Sockets (44 Occurrences)

Oil (281 Occurrences)

Society (4 Occurrences)

100 (8 Occurrences)

Joint (12 Occurrences)

Ink (4 Occurrences)

Talents (36 Occurrences)