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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

2. (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

NEEDLEWORK

ne'-d'-l-wurk.

See EMBROIDERY.

Strong's Hebrew

7551. raqam -- to variegate
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to variegate NASB Word Usage embroiderer (1),
skillfully wrought (1), weaver (7). embroiderer, needlework, curiously work. ...
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7553. riqmah -- variegated stuff
... colors (1). broidered work, divers colors, raiment of needlework on both sides.
From raqam; variegation of color; specifically, embroidery ...
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Library

Questions which Ought to be Asked
... He fashioned your curious framework, and put every bone into its place. He, as
with needlework, embroidered each nerve, and vein, and sinew. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/questions which ought to be.htm

To the Reader
... This Sermon of Christ on the Mount is a piece of spiritual needlework, wrought about
with divers colours; here is both usefulness and sweetness. ...
/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/to the reader.htm

List of Books for Reference
... "The Congregation in Church." Mowbray & Co., London. "Church Needlework." Lambert.
"Embroidery for Church Guilds." Woodward. "Church Vestments." Dolby. ...
/.../regester/the worship of the church/list of books for reference.htm

Physician to the Rani of Khetri
... Instruction is also given in needlework of various kinds, and other things,
the knowledge of which is necessary for good housekeeping. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hoskins/clara a swain md/physician to the rani of.htm

Christian Meekness
... etc. The graces therefore are compared to needlework, which is different
and various in its flowers and colours (Psalm 45:14). In ...
/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/12 christian meekness.htm

The Presentation of the Blessed virgin in the Temple
... Above this table was a picture in some sort of embroidery or needlework which hung
like a curtain in front of a kind of little cupboard containing scrolls of ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/iii the presentation of the.htm

A Few Days Later the Fashionable World of Europe was Startled by ...
... It seemed very strange! How much more natural for her to marry some decent man of
established position and be content with babies and plain needlework! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xxxvii a few days later.htm

It is an Annoyance to the Jew that Christ is Said to be Adored ...
... The rich of the people shall entreat Thy face. All the glory of the King's daughter
[is] within, clad in embroidered garments of needlework. ...
/.../chapter xxxviii it is an annoyance.htm

Letter cxxx. To Demetrias.
... wish to present you all as a chaste virgin to Christ." [3618] She stood as a queen
at his right hand, her clothing of wrought gold and her raiment of needlework ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cxxx to demetrias.htm

Wesley at Scoon and Holyrood
... Lochlevin. It is some of the finest needlework I have ever seen, and plainly
shows both her exquisite skill and unwearied industry. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley at scoon and holyrood.htm

Thesaurus

Needlework (23 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NEEDLEWORK. ne'-d'-l-wurk. See EMBROIDERY.
Multi-Version Concordance Needlework (23 Occurrences). ...
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Embroidery (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics,
leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering. 2. (n ...
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Coloured (21 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:4 This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe,
and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to ...
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Doorway (221 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Exodus 26:36 And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent,
of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red. (BBE NAS). ...
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Curtain (60 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Exodus 26:36 And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent,
of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red. (BBE DBY NIV). ...
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Best (252 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:36 And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the
best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red. (BBE). ...
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Hanging (82 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. ...
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Trained (37 Occurrences)
... Exodus 35:35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of
the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and ...
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Expert (59 Occurrences)
... Exodus 35:35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of
the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and ...
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Designer (12 Occurrences)
... Exodus 35:35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of
the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and ...
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Bible Concordance

Needlework (23 Occurrences)

Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
(KJV BBE RSV)

Exodus 27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
(KJV BBE DBY RSV)

Exodus 28:4 This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.
(BBE)

Exodus 28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
(KJV BBE RSV)

Exodus 31:10 And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,
(BBE)

Exodus 35:19 The robes of needlework for the work of the holy place, the holy robes for Aaron the priest, and the robes for his sons when acting as priests.
(BBE)

Exodus 35:35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.
(BBE)

Exodus 36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
(KJV BBE RSV)

Exodus 38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
(KJV BBE RSV)

Exodus 38:23 And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.
(BBE)

Exodus 39:1 And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
(BBE)

Exodus 39:29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
(KJV RSV)

Leviticus 8:7 He put the coat on him, making it tight with its band, and then the robe, and over it the ephod, with its band of needlework to keep it in place.
(BBE)

Judges 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
(KJV BBE)

Psalms 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
(KJV BBE)

Proverbs 7:16 My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;
(BBE)

Proverbs 31:22 She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.
(BBE)

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.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 16:13 So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 16:18 And you took your robes of needlework for their clothing, and put my oil and my perfume before them.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 26:16 Then all the rulers of the sea will come down from their high seats, and put away their robes and take off their clothing of needlework: they will put on the clothing of grief, they will take their seats on the earth, shaking with fear every minute and overcome with wonder at you.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 27:7 The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 27:16 Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Needlework

Related Terms

Embroidery (12 Occurrences)

Coloured (21 Occurrences)

Doorway (221 Occurrences)

Curtain (60 Occurrences)

Best (252 Occurrences)

Hanging (82 Occurrences)

Trained (37 Occurrences)

Expert (59 Occurrences)

Designer (12 Occurrences)