Bible Dictionary: Woof

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

2. (n.) Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

WOOF

woof (`erebh, "mixture," "woof" (Leviticus 13:48)).

See WARP.

Strong's Hebrew

6154b. ereb -- woof
... ereb. 6155 . woof. Transliteration: ereb Short Definition: woof. Word Origin from
the same as ereb Definition woof NASB Word Usage woof (9). 6154a, 6154b. ...
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6154. ereb -- mixture, mixed company
... ereb. 6154a . mixture, mixed company. Transliteration: ereb Phonetic Spelling:
(ay'-reb) Short Definition: Arabia. Arabia, mingled people, mixed multitude, woof ...
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4545. masseketh -- fabric on a loom
... web. From nacak in the sense of spreading out; something expanded, ie The warp in
a loom (as stretched out to receive the woof) -- web. see HEBREW nacak. ...
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Library

Striking Similes
... Consecration that like a golden thread runs through the warp and woof of one's
life [warp = lengthwise threads] [woof = crosswise threads]. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section viii striking similes.htm

God's Sovereignty Defined
... that the doctrine which is the key to history, the interpreter of Providence, the
warp and woof of Scripture, and the foundation of Christian theology should ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter one gods sovereignty defined.htm

The Well-Beloved.
... Lord. It is a wonderful piece of tapestry. She has wrought into its warp
and woof all things charming, sweet, and precious. In Him ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till he come/the well-beloved.htm

Home-Sympathy.
... It is, therefore, the law of oneness in the family, weaving together, like warp
and woof, the existence of the members, and locking each heart into one great ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/philips/the christian home/chapter xiv home-sympathy.htm

The Classes and the Masses
... to his Caste, and as Caste is at every point connected with Hinduism, a thing
interwoven with it, as if Hinduism were the warp and Caste the woof of the fabric ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter ix the classes and.htm

A Refutation of this Dogma on the Ground of Familiar Human ...
... For a cloak, for example, cannot be made without the weaver, as if the warp could
be set aright and the woof could be entwined with it by their own spontaneous ...
/.../dionysius/the works of dionysius/ii a refutation of this.htm

The Debt of Israel
... thrust her fingers under the band and essayed to wrench off the offending necklace,
but the stout fastening held and the flexible braid printed its woof on the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter x the debt of.htm

The Intellect Coeval with the Soul in the Human Being an Example ...
... them, and outrunning everything else, to hang on to the highest thing, preferring
as they do to spread over walls with their leafy web and woof rather than ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter xix the intellect coeval with.htm

The Image of God in Man.
... But a mere passing contradiction will not stop this evil; this poisonous thread,
running through the warp and woof of the Ethical theology, will not be pulled ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/ix the image of god.htm

The Traitor Prince.
... one end to the other. They are like two threads ever crossing in the warp
and woof of a finely woven fabric. Anywhere you run your ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/the traitor prince.htm

Thesaurus

Woof (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
WOOF. woof (`erebh, "mixture," "woof" (Leviticus 13:48)). ...
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Warp (9 Occurrences)
... warp on a warp beam. 15. (n.) The threads which are extended lengthwise
in the loom, and crossed by the woof. 16. (n.) A rope used ...
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Knitted (9 Occurrences)
... Knitted (9 Occurrences). Leviticus 13:48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen,
or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; (See NIV). ...
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Mildew (26 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the ...
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Article (17 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 13:48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or
of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; (See NAS). ...
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Woven (40 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the ...
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Leprous (27 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:49 If the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the plague ...
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Weaving (4 Occurrences)
... 38:12 (AV) should be, as in the Revised Version, "from the loom," or, as in the
margin, "from the thrum." We read also of the "warp" and "woof" (Leviticus 13:48 ...
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Woollen (4 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:48 whether it be in warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether
in a skin, or in anything made of skin; (ASV). Leviticus ...
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Woolen (6 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen;
whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; (KJV WBS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Woof (9 Occurrences)

Leviticus 13:48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:51 He shall examine the plague on the seventh day. If the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever use the skin is used for, the plague is a destructive mildew. It is unclean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:52 He shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a destructive mildew. It shall be burned in the fire.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:53 "If the priest examines it, and behold, the plague hasn't spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:56 If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:57 and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire that in which the plague is.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:58 The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:59 This is the law of the plague of mildew in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Woof

Related Terms

Warp (9 Occurrences)

Knitted (9 Occurrences)

Mildew (26 Occurrences)

Article (17 Occurrences)

Woven (40 Occurrences)

Leprous (27 Occurrences)

Weaving (4 Occurrences)

Woollen (4 Occurrences)

Woolen (6 Occurrences)