{"query": "Easton: Linen", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_bfc1e749b2f4", "title": "Easton: Linen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes “flax,” of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., “linen cloth”, Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), a"}, {"id": "card_n_6f12ff75e2e2", "title": "Easton: Silk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. demeshek, “damask,” silk cloth manufactured at Damascus, Amos 3:12. A.V., “in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch;” R.V., “in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a be"}, {"id": "card_n_73f9865fc650", "title": "Easton: Yarn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Found only in 1 Kings 10:28, 2 Chr. 1:16. The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., “a stringing together,” so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses. The Authorized Version has: “And "}, {"id": "card_n_ce53a28d8d15", "title": "Easton: Curtain", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat’s hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). (2.) The sacred curtain, separating "}, {"id": "card_n_96d9dee329be", "title": "Easton: Ephod", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high priest (Ex. 28:4), afterwards by the ordinary priest (1 Sam. 22:18), and characteristic of his office (1 Sam. 2:18, 28; 14:3). It was worn"}, {"id": "card_n_86d94af0f9ca", "title": "Easton: Dress", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah’s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrew"}, {"id": "card_c_4b57470a5c22", "title": "Easton: Linen references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_dddf59c669d7", "title": "Easton: Linen cites Esther", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Esther 1:6 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_e8eff105b41c", "title": "Easton: Linen cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 14:51 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_69d9e2d94e4a", "title": "Easton: Linen cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 20:7 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_964083f9cecf", "title": "Easton: Linen cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 24:12; Luke 16:19 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_9a6fbf552771", "title": "Easton: Linen references Egypt", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Egypt (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_2b1193f42dfa", "title": "Easton: Linen references Palestine", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Palestine (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_7a45d0d0aee8", "title": "Easton: Habergeon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it is properly a “coat of mail;” the Revised Version has “pointed shaft.” In Ex. 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military garment strongly a"}, {"id": "card_n_50aadfd81354", "title": "Easton: Wool", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the first material used for making woven cloth (Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; 19:19). The first-fruit of wool was to be offered to the priests (Deut. 18:4). The law prohibiting the wearing of a garme"}, {"id": "card_n_df408ff7a34e", "title": "Easton: Mitre", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (Ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6, etc.). In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21:26, this Hebrew word is rendered "}, {"id": "card_n_e64d86f2233c", "title": "Easton: Flax", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. pishtah, i.e., “peeled”, in allusion to the fact that the stalks of flax when dried were first split or peeled before being steeped in water for the purpose of destroying the pulp). This plant w"}, {"id": "card_n_18d0b29ebe2e", "title": "Easton: Girdle", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. ‘ezor, something “bound,” worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8; Je"}, {"id": "card_n_4c4df0e21e58", "title": "Easton: Head-dress", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., “bonnets;” R.V., “head-tires”). It was used especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa. 3:23; 62:3). The Hebrew "}, {"id": "card_n_38e4cd414e5d", "title": "Easton: Book", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word sepher, which properly means a “writing,” and then a “volume” (Ex. 17:14; Deut. 28:58; 2"}]}