Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) See the bird. 2. (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. 3. (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock. 4. (v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. 5. (v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. 6. (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LOOM loom. See WEAVING.

Multi-Version Concordance Loom (3 Occurrences) Judges 16:13 Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web." (See NIV) Judges 16:14 So while he slept, Deli'lah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web. (DBY NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)