Easton's Bible Dictionary Deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid with box-wood. Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. 2. (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench. 3. (n.) The seat where judges sit in court. 4. (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench. 5. (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms. 6. (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river. 7. (v. t.) To furnish with benches. 8. (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor. 9. (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BENCH (qeresh): Found only in English Versions of the Bible in Ezekiel 27:6, in the prophet's "lamentation over Tyre": "They have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim," where the word evidently stands for the "benches" of the boat whose "mast" (verse 5) and "oars" (verse 6) have just been described, in the vivid figs. of speech in which the city itself is pictured as a merchantship. Compare verse 8, "Thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots." See SEAT.

Multi-Version Concordance Bench (1 Occurrence) Ezekiel 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the islands of Kittim. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)