Stall
/STAWL/
Summary
A shelter or enclosure for feeding cattle, horses, and other livestock.
☩Description
A stall (Hebrew 'marbek,' a place for tying up) was used for fattening cattle. 'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.' Solomon's stalls for horses numbered 40,000 according to Kings, suggesting the extensive royal stables of his kingdom.
Key verses:Proverbs 15:171 Kings 4:262 Chronicles 9:252 Chronicles 32:28
☩Figurative Uses
The calf of the stall was specially fed for sacrifice or feast. Malachi prophesies that those who fear God's name shall 'grow up as calves of the stall.' When the fig tree doesn't blossom and cattle fail in the stalls, Habakkuk declares he will still rejoice in the Lord.
Key verses:Amos 6:4Malachi 4:2Habakkuk 3:171 Samuel 28:24
Related Verses8 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Stall," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Stall," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.John McClintock and James Strong, "Stall," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 4.James Orr (ed.), "Stall," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).