Dict: easton - Bed

Bed @ (Heb. mittah), for rest at night kjv@Exodus:8:3; kjv@1Samuel:19:13-15, 16, etc.); during sickness kjv@Genesis:47:31 kjv@Genesis:48:2 kjv@Genesis:49:33 , etc.); as a sofa for rest ( kjv@1Samuel:28:23; kjv@Amos:3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains kjv@Deuteronomy:3:11; kjv@Psalms:132:3), for sickness kjv@Psalms:6:6 kjv@Psalms:41:3). In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a coverlet kjv@Matthew:9:2 kjv@Matthew:9:6 kjv@Luke:5:18; kjv@Acts:5:15). The Jewish bedstead was frequently merely the divan or platform along the sides of the house, sometimes a very slight portable frame, sometimes only a mat or one or more quilts. The only material for bed-clothes is mentioned in kjv@1Samuel:19:13. Sleeping in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself in his outer garment kjv@Exodus:22:26-27; kjv@Deuteronomy:24:12-13).