A long piece of wood used to support the roof of a building.
About Beam
A tree trunk or log that has been cut and used for building purposes. King Solomon used cedar beams and planks to build the temple (1 Kings 6:9; 2 Chronicles 3:7) and his “House of the Forest of Lebanon” (1 Kings 7:2, 12). Another mention of cedar beams probably refers to their aroma (Song of Solomon 1:17).
Key References
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
All Scripture References (9)
1 Kings (1)
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
2 Chronicles (1)
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
Song of Solomon (1)
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
Habakkuk (1)
For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
Matthew (3)
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Luke (2)
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.