Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surface molding. 2. (n.) A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box. 3. (n.) A pillow block; a low housing. 4. (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PEDESTAL ped'-es-tal (ken): In two places (1 Kings 7:29, 31) the Revised Version (British and American) gives this word for the King James Version "base" (in Solomon's "Sea").

Multi-Version Concordance Pedestal (4 Occurrences) 1 Kings 7:29 and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. (WEB ASV NAS) 1 Kings 7:31 The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV) Amos 5:26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves. (See NIV) Zechariah 5:11 He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place." (See NAS)