Bible Dictionary: Fig-leaves

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The Word of the Truth of the Gospel
... No doubt this was Adam's question when he stitched his fig leaves together for a
covering. But he was soon made to feel that the fig leaves would not do. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bonar/gods way of peace/chapter vii the word of.htm

Out of Egypt
... "Alas, dear children, this is all an empty show " these things are the fig-leaves
of Adam, the fig-leaves of the tree that bore no fruit. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/three friends of god/chapter xxx out of egypt.htm

Of the Nakedness of Our First Parents, which they Saw after their ...
... by open transgression, it is written: "And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 17 of the nakedness of.htm

The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent
... were now dead to God, and became earthly, sensual, devilish: therefore, instead
of applying to God for mercy, "they sewed or platted fig-leaves together, and ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the seed of the woman.htm

The Disciple, -- Master, it is Clear to Almost Everyone that to ...
... 8. For Adam and Eve the fig leaves were too scanty a covering, so God gave
them coats of skin. In this way, too, man's good deeds ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/singh/at the masters feet/section i the disciple 2.htm

Arguments in Opposition to Tatian, Showing that it was Consonant ...
... For [Adam] showed his repentance by his conduct, through means of the girdle [which
he used], covering himself with fig-leaves, while there were many other ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxiii arguments in opposition to.htm

Beasts Similarly Subject to the Law of Mutation.
... to forecover what, in his newly made body, it was not yet due to modesty (to forecover),
he surrounds himself meantime with fig-leaves: subsequently, on being ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter iii beasts similarly subject to.htm

Of the Manifold Abuse of Speech.
... And immediately upon the fall, guilty Adam frames his tongue to a frivolous excuse,
which was much less able to cover his sin than the fig leaves his nakedness ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section ii of the manifold.htm

Two Coverings and Two Consequences
... It was a poor attempt which our first parents made, and it proved a miserable failure.
"They sewed fig-leaves together." After that God came in, revealed to ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/two coverings and two consequences.htm

Conviction of Sin.
... While Adam listened to his own heart, he thought fig-leaves a sufficient remedy;
but the voice that walked in the garden shook him out of all such fancies. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/x conviction of sin.htm

Thesaurus

Fig-leaves (1 Occurrence)
Fig-leaves. Fights, Fig-leaves. Figs . Multi-Version Concordance
Fig-leaves (1 Occurrence). Genesis 3:7 And the eyes ...
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Apron (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Found in the Authorized Version in Genesis
3:7, of the bands of fig-leaves made by our first parents. ...
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Fights (9 Occurrences)

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Dress (38 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron
of fig-leaves sewed together (Genesis 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). ...
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Figs (27 Occurrences)

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Loin (2 Occurrences)
... Genesis 3:7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
They sewed figleaves together, and made themselves aprons. (See NAS). ...
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Girdles (13 Occurrences)
... Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. ...
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Realized (33 Occurrences)
... Genesis 3:7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
They sewed figleaves together, and made themselves aprons. (See NIV). ...
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Coverings (7 Occurrences)
... Genesis 3:7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
They sewed figleaves together, and made themselves aprons. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Aprons (3 Occurrences)
... Genesis 3:7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked.
They sewed figleaves together, and made themselves aprons. ...
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Bible Concordance

Fig-leaves (1 Occurrence)

Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Subtopics

Fig-leaves

Related Terms

Apron (1 Occurrence)

Fights (9 Occurrences)

Dress (38 Occurrences)

Figs (27 Occurrences)

Loin (2 Occurrences)

Girdles (13 Occurrences)

Realized (33 Occurrences)

Coverings (7 Occurrences)

Aprons (3 Occurrences)