Furnish

Furnish [Heb. ʿarak, maleʾ, khshq, puq, ʿanaq; Grk. strōnnymi]. An act of supplying something or somebody with what is necessary.

In the NKJV "furnish" is used four times to translate the Hebrew terms ʿarak (Prov 9:2) and maleʾ (Isa 65:11) as well as the Greek strōnnymi (Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12). The Hebrew terms are in other contexts rendered in a variety of different ways (e.g., NRSV translates ʿarak as "set" in Prov 9:2 and Isa 65:11).

Other Hebrew terms carry the nuance of furnishing but have not been translated with "furnish" by NKJV. Some examples include the literal act of furnishing by means of bounding pillars with fillets or rings (Exod 27:17; 38:17) and metaphorical use in a sense of supplying a storehouse with "all kinds of produce" (Ps 144:13) or providing a person with necessities (Deut 15:14). The clearest and probably the best example of furnishing—even though specific verbs that convey the meaning of furnishing are not used—is the description of the building of the Tabernacle which includes instructions that the Tabernacle's space should be filled with necessary furniture (Exod 26:1-31:11).

In the NT the idea of furnishing appears only two times (Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12) in passages that describe the upper room where Jesus and His disciples celebrated Passover as "furnished and prepared." See also Furniture.