Bible Dictionary: Weave

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unite by close connection or intermixture; to unite intimately.

2. (v. t.) To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads; to compose, as a texture of any kind, by putting together textile materials; as, to weave broadcloth; to weave a carpet; hence, to form into a fabric; to compose; to fabricate; as, to weave the plot of a story.

3. (v. i.) To practice weaving; to work with a loom.

4. (v. i.) To become woven or interwoven.

5. (n.) A particular method or pattern of weaving; as, the cassimere weave.

Greek

1707. empleko -- to weave in, to entwine, ie to involve with
... to weave in, to entwine, ie to involve with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
empleko Phonetic Spelling: (em-plek'-o) Short Definition: I enfold, entangle ...
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4120. pleko -- to plait
... to plait. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pleko Phonetic Spelling:
(plek'-o) Short Definition: I weave together, plait Definition: I weave together, ...
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5307. huphantos -- woven
... Word Origin from huphaino; a prim. verb (to weave) Definition woven NASB Word Usage
woven (1). ... From huphaino to weave; woven, ie (perhaps) knitted -- woven. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

707. arag -- to weave
... arag. 708 . to weave. Transliteration: arag Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rag') Short
Definition: weaver's. ... weaver. A primitive root; to plait or weave -- weaver(-r). ...
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5686. abath -- to wind, weave
... 5685, 5686. abath. 5687 . to wind, weave. Transliteration: abath Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-bath') Short Definition: together. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7660. shabats -- probably to weave in checker (or plaited) work
... 7659, 7660. shabats. 7661 . probably to weave in checker (or plaited) work.
Transliteration: shabats Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-bats') Short Definition: set. ...
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5526b. sakak -- to weave together
... to weave together. Transliteration: sakak Short Definition: together. ... root Definition
to weave together NASB Word Usage knit together (1), wove (1). ...
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5259. nasak -- to weave
... to weave. Transliteration: nasak Phonetic Spelling: (naw-sak') Short Definition:
make. ... root Definition to weave NASB Word Usage make (1), stretched (1). ...
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2803. chashab -- to think, account
... A primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, ie (literally) to weave
or (gen.) To fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a ...
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7918. shakak -- to decrease, abate
... A primitive root; to weave (ie Lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of
secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood) -- appease, assuage ...
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2935. tene -- a basket
... basket. From an unused root probably meaning to weave; a basket (of interlaced osiers)
-- basket. 2934, 2935. tene. 2936 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

God's Inheritance in the Saints
... But when mere wishes or fancies spin the thread, Hope cannot weave a lasting
fabric. And so one of the old prophets, in speaking ...
/.../gods inheritance in the saints.htm

If, Then, You Really Intend to do an Act of Repentance for those ...
... But the truth is, I blush even while I weave together these past experiences, which
I do with the intention, not of showing you, as you put it, that my masters ...
/.../11 if then you really.htm

(On the Mysteries. V. )
... For if a king were to banish certain who had given him offence, and then those who
belong to them [2492] should weave a crown and offer it to him on behalf of ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture xxiii on the mysteries.htm

Songs in the Night
... Let all things go as I please"I will weave songs, weave them wherever I go, with
the flowers that grow upon my path; but put me in a desert, where no flowers ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 44 1898/songs in the night.htm

In Reference to Daniel My Answer Will be that I did not Say that ...
... who, with a laudable zeal though not according to knowledge, attempted to patch
up into one garment the rags of all the translations, and to weave a consistent ...
/.../33 in reference to daniel.htm

On Clothes.
... He enjoins with respect to clothing, which belongs to the third division, that of
things external, saying, "Consider the lilies, how they spin not, nor weave. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi name clothes.htm

Preface.
... endure and hope; if it shall lead any weary spirit to the Fountain of consolation;
in one word, if it shall help any, by Christ's strength, to weave the thorns ...
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Introductory Notice to the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
... Now, I must think that such a writer would weave into his plan many accepted traditions
of the Jews and many Rabbinical expositions of the sacred writers. ...
/.../introductory notice to the testaments.htm

Death to Lawful Things is the Way Out into a Life of Surrender.
... It may be that no such path of loss lies before you; there are people like the lands
where spring and summer weave the year between them, and the autumn ...
/.../trotter/parables of the cross/death to lawful things is.htm

Man and Machinery.
... fro with an obedient click; while forces that tear the arteries of the earth and
heave volcanoes, spin the fabric of an infant's robe, and weave the flowers in ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse ii man and machinery.htm

Thesaurus

Weave (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture;
to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence ...
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Weaver (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave.
2. (n.) A weaver bird. 3. (n.) An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. ...
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Wove (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp.) of Weave. 2. (pp) of Weave. 3. (pp) p. pr. &
rare vb. n. of Weave. Multi-Version Concordance Wove (4 Occurrences). ...
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Spider (3 Occurrences)
... It is said of the wicked by Isaiah that they "weave the spider's web" (59:5), ie,
their works and designs are, like the spider's web, vain and useless. ...
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Egg (3 Occurrences)
... The reference in Isaiah 59:5 is to the egg of a serpent, and is figurative of the
schemes of evil men: "They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he ...
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Embroidery (12 Occurrences)
... The passage has been freely rendered "designers." In the Revised Version (British
and American) of Exodus 28:39 shabhats is translated "weave." In Exodus 28:4 ...
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Weather (5 Occurrences)

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Vest (11 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Exodus 28:39 And thou shalt weave the vest of byssus; and thou shalt make
a turban of byssus; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery. (DBY). ...
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Viper (8 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of
their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. ...
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Vipers (10 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:5 They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave the spider's web; he that eateth
of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. ...
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Bible Concordance

Weave (4 Occurrences)

Exodus 28:39 You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 16:13 Delilah said to Samson, "Until now, you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you might be bound." He said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 19:9 Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Weave

Related Terms

Weaver (11 Occurrences)

Wove (4 Occurrences)

Spider (3 Occurrences)

Egg (3 Occurrences)

Embroidery (12 Occurrences)

Weather (5 Occurrences)

Vest (11 Occurrences)

Viper (8 Occurrences)

Vipers (10 Occurrences)