The Definition of the word Bed

Bed

(Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, "etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a" sofa for rest (1 Sam. 28:23; Amos 3:12). Another Hebrew word "(er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with" "curtains (Deut. 3:11; Ps. 132:3), for sickness (Ps. 6:6; 41:3)." "In the New Testament it denotes sometimes a litter with a "coverlet (Matt. 9:2, 6; Luke 5:18; 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 1 Sam. 19:13. Sleeping "in the open air was not uncommon, the sleeper wrapping himself" "in his outer garment (Ex. 22:26, 27; Deut. 24:12, 13)."