Bible dictionaries
Gallows
What Bible dictionaries say about “Gallows”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Gallows - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Heb. ets, meaning "a tree" (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word is rendered "tree."
Gallows - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
GAL'LOWS, n. singular. [Gallows is in the singular number and should be preceded by a, a gallows. The plural is gallowses.]
1. An instrument of punishment whereon criminals are executed by hanging. It consists of two posts and a cross beam on the top, to which the criminal is suspended by a rope fastened round his neck.
2. A wretch that deserves the gallows. [Not used.]
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
gal'-oz.
See HANGING; PUNISHMENTS.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith