Definition and Historical Context:
Buttons, as we understand them today, are small fasteners typically used to secure pieces of fabric together. They are often made from materials such as plastic, metal, or wood. In the context of biblical times, the specific use of buttons as fasteners is not directly mentioned in the Scriptures. However, the concept of fastening garments is present, and various methods were employed in ancient times, such as ties, brooches, and pins.

Biblical Garments and Fastening Methods:
The Bible provides numerous references to clothing and garments, which were essential aspects of daily life and held significant cultural and religious importance. For instance, in Exodus 28, God provides detailed instructions for the garments of the priests, including the ephod, breastpiece, and robe. These garments were fastened using cords and other methods rather than buttons as we know them today.

In Exodus 28:28 , it is written: "The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not come loose from the ephod." This passage illustrates the use of cords for fastening, a common practice in ancient times.

Symbolism and Significance:
While buttons themselves are not mentioned, the act of fastening garments can carry symbolic meaning in the Bible. Clothing often represents one's status, role, or spiritual condition. For example, in Isaiah 61:10 , the prophet declares, "I will rejoice greatly in the LORD; my soul will exult in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."

The fastening of garments can symbolize preparation, readiness, and the securing of one's identity in Christ. In Ephesians 6:14 , believers are instructed to "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed." Here, the imagery of fastening with a belt underscores the importance of being spiritually prepared and grounded in truth.

Cultural and Practical Considerations:
In biblical times, clothing was often handmade and tailored to the individual's needs and social status. The absence of buttons as we know them today does not imply a lack of sophistication but rather reflects the materials and techniques available at the time. Fastening methods varied across cultures and regions, with some using intricate knots, clasps, or fibulae (brooch-like fasteners).

Conclusion:
While buttons are not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, the concept of fastening garments is present and carries both practical and symbolic significance. The methods used in biblical times reflect the cultural and technological context of the era, emphasizing the importance of clothing in daily life and spiritual symbolism.(n.) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.3949. parorgizo -- to provoke to anger
... 3949 (from 3844 , "from close-beside" and 3710 , "become angry") -- properly, rouse
someone to anger; to in a way that "really pushes someone's buttons," ie to ...
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Practical Observations.
... Once when Dr. Bethune preached against pride, a man went to him and pointed to leather
buttons on his coat, saying, "See, I am not proud." "Yes," said the ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/practical observations 24.htm

Concerning the Garments of the Priests, and of the High Priest.
... There were also two sardonyxes upon the ephod, at the shoulders, to fasten it in
the nature of buttons, having each end running to the sardonyxes of gold, that ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 concerning the garments.htm

A Description of the Temple.
... There were upon it two golden buttons like small shields, which buttoned the ephod
to the garment; in these buttons were enclosed two very large and very ...
/.../chapter 5 a description of 2.htm

The Journey of the Three Holy Kings to Bethlehem
... It was decorated in front down the middle with buttons and scalloped on the shoulders.
The embroidery was rather coarse, as on old vestments. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xiii the journey of the.htm

Trophies of Grace
... a decent girl, who, not knowing his character, was carried away by the smart appearance
of a handsome soldier in the glory of red coat and gleaming buttons. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/xii trophies of grace.htm

The Census and the Journey of the Holy Family
... She could fasten this lining round her with tapes and buttons, and be as it
were in a little boat or like a baby in its swaddling-bands. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/x the census and the.htm

Changed Conditions
... The shops vied with one another in having the very latest "Republican" goods; the
buttons one bought were "Republican"; all school-books were changed to the ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xx changed conditions.htm

The Saint of God, the Hermit Richard, was Born in the Village of ...
... And when he had received them he straightway cut off the sleeves from the grey tunic
and the buttons from the white, and as best he could he fitted the sleeves ...
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How a Thing May be Involuntary.
... let off his antagonist, and slain his domestic instead of his enemy; or that by
which it is done, as he who, in exercising with spears having buttons on them ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xiv how a thing may.htm

By this You May See who are the Rude and Barbarous Indians: for ...
... But they indeed that call beads and glass buttons jewels, and dress themselves with
feather, and buy pieces of brass and broken hafts of knives of our ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/12 by this you may.htm

Buttons (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons
on his livery. Multi-Version Concordance Buttons (7 Occurrences). ...
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Mayst (5 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:33 And thou shalt hang the vail under the buttons, that thou mayst bring
in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall ...
/m/mayst.htm - 8k

Buttocks (3 Occurrences)

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Buttress (1 Occurrence)

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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... a theater. 28. (n.) The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 29. (n.) A ...
/f/fly.htm - 26k

Precious (128 Occurrences)
... of one or more replacements of the breastplate is still further increased if we
have regard to the large stones that were set in gold buttons and fastened to ...
/p/precious.htm - 71k

Stones (244 Occurrences)
... of one or more replacements of the breastplate is still further increased if we
have regard to the large stones that were set in gold buttons and fastened to ...
/s/stones.htm - 74k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)
... Crete. There are few traces of these invaders; a curious class of barbaric
buttons used as seals are their commonest remains. Probably ...
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