Undersetter (Hastings' Dictionary)
The Heb. word (in the plu.l IS translated ' undersetters ' only in 1 K ,"■•'*''". and the meaning there is pedestals for the bases ot the lavcrs in the temple. The Eng. word means props or supports, but that it is not altogether an inaiipropriate translation the foil, quotation shows : On 49"' Wyclif (1388), ' Isachar . undir- settide his schuldre to bere.'
Elyot (Govcrnour, i 28) says that ' a wyse and counnynge gardener, purposynge to have in his gardeine a fine and precious hcrbe,' will, ' as it spryngeth in stalke, under sette it with some thyng that it breake nat, and alway kepe it cleane from weedes. linda e uses the v-erb metaph., Expos, p. 208, ' If our souls be truly underset \\ ith sure hope and trust. Wvelif (1388) has the form ' undersettings in Ezlc 41=6 (same Heb.), the 13S2 ed. having 'shoulders. * J. HASTINGS.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Undersetter
Undersetter un'-der-set-er (katheph): The word, used in 1Ki 7:30,34 of supports of the laver, means lit. "shoulder," and is so rendered in the Revised Version margin. ⇒See the definition of undersetter in the KJV Dictionary See LAVER. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
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