Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(hanged). A pivot and socket for swinging doors (1 Kings 7:50; Prov. 26:14).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
The only hinges handed down from antiquity are pivots projecting above and below the door, on which the door turned. In the temple the hinges were of gold, and may have been of this description (1 Kings 7:50; Prov. 26:14). In ancient existing houses with stone doors the hinges are stone projections at the top and bottom of the doors.
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
Proverbs 26:14. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
The hinges of Eastern houses are not like ours, but consist of pivots inserted into sockets both above and below. In the Hauran there are still standing stone houses with stone slabs for doors, having pivots cut out of the same and turning in sockets prepared for them in the wall of the house.
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