Bible Concordance Thrum (2 Occurrences)Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as 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 wilt thou make an end of me. Amos 6:5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; Thesaurus Thrum (2 Occurrences)... 7. (vt) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. ...THRUM. ... /t/thrum.htm - 8k Pining (6 Occurrences) Sickness (40 Occurrences) Throws (8 Occurrences) Weaving (4 Occurrences) Weavers (4 Occurrences) Thrush (2 Occurrences) Thumb (7 Occurrences) Cuts (20 Occurrences) Separateth (15 Occurrences) Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.2. (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope. 3. (n.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. 4. (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. 5. (n.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. 6. (v. t.) To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. 7. (v. t.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. 8. (v. i.) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum. 9. (v. i.) Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table. 10. (v. t.) To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner. 11. (v. t.) Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia THRUMthrum: In Isaiah 38:12 the Revised Version (British and American) reads "He will cut me off from the loom," margin "thrum." "Thrum" is a technical term of weavers, denoting the threads of the warp hanging down in a loom, suiting dallah, "that which hangs down" (Songs 7:5, "hair"). A misinterpretation of "hanging down" is responsible for the King James' "pining sickness." Strong's Hebrew 1803a. dallah -- hair, thrum... hair, thrum. Transliteration: dallah Short Definition: locks. Word Origin from dalal Definition hair, thrum NASB Word Usage flowing locks (1), loom (1). ... /hebrew/1803a.htm - 5k 1803. dallah -- hair, thrum 5059. nagan -- to touch or play a stringed instrument Subtopics Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |