| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge. 2. (n.) A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works. 3. (n.) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. 4. (n.) A plate of metal used for roofing. 5. (n.) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused. 6. (n.) A draintile. 7. (n.) A stiff hat. 8. (v. t.) To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house. 9. (v. t.) Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TILE; TILING til, til'-ing (lebhenah, "brick" Ezekiel 4:1; keramos, "potter's clay," "a tile," Luke 5:19).
See EZEKIEL, II, 1, (2); HOUSE, II, 1, (10). | Multi-Version Concordance Tile (1 Occurrence) Ezekiel 4:1 You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem: (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS) |