stōōl (אבנים, ‘obhnayim): It is not clear what the character and purpose of this stool were Septuagint has no reference to it). It seems to have been a chair of a peculiar sort upon which a woman reclined in parturition (Exodus 1:16). The Hebrew word is in the dual number and primarily means “two stones.” The only other place where it occurs is Jeremiah 18:3, where it is rendered “wheels” Septuagint ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων, epí tṓn líthōn, “on the stones”). In 2 Kings 4:10, the word translated in the King James Version as “stool” (כּסּא, kiṣṣē') is in the Revised Version more correctly translated “seat.” See also BIRTH-STOOL; SEAT.
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Stool, Childbirth, Child bearing, Midwife, Midwives, Birthstool, Birth stool
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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