Bible Dictionary
FRAME
Frame may mean the human body or constitution, the arrangement or proportion of a creature, a building’s structure, or the close fitting together of believers in Christ’s church.
Definition
Frame may mean the human body or constitution, the arrangement or proportion of a creature, the structure of a building, or the close fitting together of persons or parts. The word can also describe something molded, arranged, adjusted, or made ready.
Biblical Usage
Scripture speaks of the human frame as known by God and made in secret, of the proportion or arrangement of Leviathan, and of a city’s structure. In the New Testament, believers are fitted together, and creation is described as having been prepared or adjusted.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>fram:</p><p>(1) yetser (from root yatsar, "to knead," mold with the fingers): "For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust" (Ps 103:14).</p><p>(2) `erekh (from root `arakh, "to put in order," "to set in a row," "to arrange"): "goodly frame" (Job 41:12, the King James Version "goodly proportion").</p><p>(3) `otsem "bony frame" "body": "My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret" (Ps 139:15), the King James Version "my substance," the King James Version margin "my strength, or, my body."</p><p>See also BONE.</p><p>(4) mibhneh, "building, frame" (Eze 40:2, "frame of a city").</p><p>(5) nathan, "to give," "to direct": "They will not frame their doings" (Ho 5:4, the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin).</p><p>(6) sunarmologeo, "to fit or join closely together" (Eph 2:21).</p><p>(7) katartizo, "to fit out," "make fit," "adjust" (Heb 11:3).</p><p>H. L. E. Luering</p>