Dict: smith - IVORY

smith:

IVORY - I>@ - The word translated "ivory" literally signifies the "tooth" of any animal, and hence more especially denotes the substance of the projecting tusks of elephants. The skilled work-men of Hiram, king of Tyre, fashioned the great ivory throne of Solomon, and overlaid it with pure gold. (Kings:10:18; kjv@2Chronicles:9:17) The ivory thus employed was supplied by the caravans of Dedan, kjv@Isaiah:21:13; kjv@Ezekiel:27:15) or was brought, with apes and peacocks, by the navy of Tarshish. (Kings:10:22) The "ivory house" of Ahab, (Kings:22:39) was probably a palace, the walls of which were panelled with ivory, like the palace of Menelaus described by Homer. Odys. kjv@4:73. Beds inlaid or veneered with ivory were in use among the Hebrews. kjv@Amos:6:4)