סְטִיבָס, (στιβάς) straw-mattress. Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 15 לווחין של יסטיכס (Var. יסטבס, סקיבס) the boards on which the straw rests; Y. ib. XII, beg. 13ᶜ ספינה (corr. acc.); Bab. ib. 47ᵃ סקיבס (Ms. M. סקבין; Ms. O. סקיבוס; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VIII, 4 סטיכס (corr. acc.; R. S. to Kel. XVIII, 3 סקבס). [The phonetic corrupt. of ט into ק in the Babylonian Talmud has been reimported as Variant into Tosefta.—For the phonetic relationship between t and k, cmp. Lidd.-Scott. Gr. Dict. sub lit. K.]