Bible Dictionary
CRIB
A crib was a barred container or feeding trough for animals, used in barns, folds, or fields. Scripture uses the term for the feeding place of cattle and even the wild ox.
Definition
A crib is a barred receptacle for fodder used in cowsheds, foldyards, and sometimes fields for animals lying out in winter. It is a feeding place for cattle or other beasts.
Biblical Usage
Scripture refers to the wild ox’s crib, contrasts a clean crib with the presence of no oxen, and says that the ox knows its owner and its master’s crib.
Historical Background
The Hebrew word is related to feeding and denotes the precise sense of the English word “crib.”
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>('ebhuc): "Crib" translates the Hebrew word [~'ebhuc] exactly, as it denotes "a barred receptacle for fodder used in cowsheds and foldyards; also in fields, for beasts lying out in the winter." The Hebrew is from a word meaning to feed ('abhac), and is used in the precise sense of the English word in Job 39:9 of the "crib" of the wild ox, in Pr 14:4, "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean," and in Isa 1:3, "The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib." section 23.</p>