Jump to: Smith's • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms Smith's Bible Dictionary LeatherThe notices of leather in the Bible are singularly few; indeed the word occurs but twice in the Authorized Version, and in each instance in reference to the same object, a girdle. (2 Kings 1:8; Matthew 3:4) There are, however, other instances in which the word "leather" might with propriety be substituted for "skin." (Leviticus 11:32; 13:48; Numbers 31:20) Though the material itself is seldom noticed, yet we cannot doubt that it was extensively used by the Jews; shoes, bottles, thongs, garments, ropes and other articles were made of it. The art of tanning, however, was held in low esteem by the Jews. Easton's Bible Dictionary A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matthew 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Numbers 31:20; Hebrews 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32). It was probably learned in Egypt. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.2. (n.) The skin. 3. (v. t.) To beat, as with a thong of leather. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia LEATHERleth'-er. Greek 4082. pera -- a leather pouch ... a leather pouch. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pera Phonetic Spelling: (pay'-rah) Short Definition: a sack, wallet Definition: a sack, wallet ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4082.htm - 6k 779. askos -- a leather bottle, wineskin 5440. phulakterion -- an outpost, fortification, an amulet 1193. dermatinos -- made of skin, leathern Strong's Hebrew 8476. tachash -- perhaps porpoise (a kind of leather or skin)... 8475, 8476. tachash. 8477 . perhaps porpoise (a kind of leather or skin). Transliteration: tachash Phonetic Spelling: (takh'-ash) Short Definition: porpoise ... /hebrew/8476.htm - 6k 5785. or -- a skin 4997. nod -- a skin bottle, skin Library Daily Meditation Grace Flooding. The Scourging of Jesus. Practical Observations. Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and ... Celsus, Moreover, Thinks that we have Invented this "Tree of Life" ... But as Celsus Delights to Heap up Calumnies against Us... After Finishing the Foregoing, and those Analogous Matters which ... I Will Follow the Order of Your Letter, and Subjoin Your Very ... David the Shepherd Youth. Thesaurus Leather (34 Occurrences)... A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matthew 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Numbers 31:20; Hebrews 11:37) and for ... /l/leather.htm - 17k Leather-worker (3 Occurrences) Tanner (3 Occurrences) Threads (13 Occurrences) Coloured (21 Occurrences) Sheepskins (7 Occurrences) Bottle (28 Occurrences) Belt (32 Occurrences) Material (61 Occurrences) Leathern (2 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Leather (34 Occurrences)Matthew 3:4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. Mark 1:6 John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. Acts 22:25 And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged? Exodus 25:5 And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood; Exodus 26:14 And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that. Exodus 35:7 And sheepskins coloured red, and leather, and hard wood, Exodus 35:23 And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them. Exodus 36:19 And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that. Exodus 39:34 The outer cover of sheepskins coloured red, and the cover of leather, and the veil for the doorway; Leviticus 13:48 If it is in the threads of the linen or of the wool, or in leather, or in anything made of skin; Leviticus 13:49 If there are red or green marks on the clothing, or on the leather, or in the threads of the cloth, or in anything made of skin, it is the leper's disease: let the priest see it. Leviticus 13:51 And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather, whatever the leather is used for, it is the disease biting into it: it is unclean. Leviticus 13:52 And the clothing, or the wool or linen material, or anything of leather in which is the disease, is to be burned: for the disease is biting into it; let it be burned in the fire. Leviticus 13:53 And if the priest sees that the mark is not increased in the clothing or in any part of the material or in the leather, Leviticus 13:56 And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material: Leviticus 13:57 And if the mark is still seen in the clothing or in the threads of the material or in the leather, it is the disease coming out: the thing in which the disease is will have to be burned with fire. Leviticus 13:58 And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. Leviticus 13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. Leviticus 15:9 And any leather seat on a horse on which the unclean man has been seated will be unclean. Leviticus 15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the flow of seed, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. Numbers 4:6 And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place. Numbers 4:8 And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places. Numbers 4:10 All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame. Numbers 4:11 On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places. Numbers 4:12 All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with a leather cover, and put them on the frame. Numbers 4:14 Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places. Numbers 4:25 They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting; Numbers 31:20 And every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean. 1 Samuel 17:40 Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face. 1 Samuel 17:50 So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand. 2 Kings 1:8 They answered him, "He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite." 2 Chronicles 26:14 And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands. Ezekiel 16:10 And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk. Subtopics Related Terms Leather-worker (3 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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