[bohl-ster] 
| 1. | a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc. |
| 2. | anything resembling this in form or in use as a support. |
| 3. | any pillow, cushion, or pad. |
| 4. | Nautical.
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| 5. | Metalworking. an anvillike support for the lower die of a drop forge. |
| 6. | Masonry.
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| 7. | Carpentry. a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam. |
| 8. | a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss rests. |
| 9. | to support with or as with a pillow or cushion. |
| 10. | to add to, support, or uphold (sometimes fol. by up): They bolstered their morale by singing. He bolstered up his claim with new evidence. |
| bol·ster (bōl'stər) n. A long narrow pillow or cushion. tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters
[Middle English, from Old English; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.] bol'ster·er n. |
Bolster
The Hebrew word _kebir_, rendered "pillow" in 1 Sam. 19:13, 16, but in Revised Version marg. "quilt" or "network," probably means some counterpane or veil intended to protect the head of the sleeper. A different Hebrew word (meraashoth') is used for "bolster" (1 Sam. 26:7, 11, 16). It is rightly rendered in Revised Version "at his head." In Gen. 28:11, 18 the Authorized Version renders it "for his pillows," and the Revised Version "under his head." In Ezek. 13:18, 20 another Hebrew word (kesathoth) is used, properly denoting "cushions" or "pillows," as so rendered both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.