Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) An enclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PALANQUIN pal-an-ken': In Songs 3:9 occurs 'appiryon, a word that has no Semitic cognates and is of dubious meaning. In form, however, it resembles the Sanskrit paryanka, and still more closely the Greek phoreion, both of which mean "litter bed." Hence, the Revised Version (British and American) "palanquin" (ultimately derived from paryanka). The margin "car of state" and the King James Version "chariot" are mere guesses.

Multi-Version Concordance Palanquin (1 Occurrence) Song of Songs 3:9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon. (See JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV)