SHAMBLES (μάκελλον, G3425). A word found only in the KJV of 1 Corinthians 10:25, where it refers not to a slaughterhouse, but to a meat market as the RSV has it. It is likely that other foods, such as fish, fruit, and bread, were also sold there.

Bibliography H. J. Cadbury, Journal of Biblical Literature, LIII (1934), 134-141.