A circular object with a central hub, spokes, and a rim, designed to rotate around an axle.
About Wheel
A wheel is a round, flat device used for moving things. It was first created in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), around 3500 BC. The earliest known form is the two-wheeled cart of Sumer. The first wheels were likely simple discs cut from trees. Later wheels were made by joining three shaped wooden planks together with copper clamps that ran the entire length of the wheel. After 2000 BC, wheels with spokes began to appear in northern Mesopotamia.
In the Bible, four Hebrew words are used for different types of wheels. These include:
Key References
He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.
So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
I heard the wheels being called “the whirling wheels.”
All Scripture References (3)
1 Kings (2)
Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.
The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
Ezekiel (1)
Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.