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Stocks

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S By: James P. Boyd

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(sticks). Tree-trunks (Job 14:8⁸Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; (Job 14:8)); idols (Jer. 2:27²⁷Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. (Jeremiah 2:27)); instruments of punishment made of beams of wood which closed over the arms or ankles (Job 13:27; 33:11²⁷Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. (Job 13:27)
¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. (Job 33:11); Jer. 20:2²Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. (Jeremiah 20:2); Acts 16:24²⁴Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. (Acts 16:24)).

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