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“Broidered” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
riqmah
, variegated by “curious”
needlework
or by different colors (
Ezek. 16:10, 13, 18
10
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. (Ezekiel 16:10)
13
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. (Ezekiel 16:13)
18
And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. (Ezekiel 16:18)
;
Ezek. 26:16
16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. (Ezekiel 26:16)
;
Ezek. 27:7, 16, 24
7
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. (Ezekiel 27:7)
16
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. (Ezekiel 27:16)
24
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. (Ezekiel 27:24)
). The same
Hebrew
word is translated “divers colors” in reference to the precious
stones
David
had gathered together for
the temple
-service
1 Chron. 29:2
2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. (1 Chronicles 29:2)
), and in the description of the great
eagle
in
Ezekiel 17:3
3
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: (Ezekiel 17:3)
. Also “embroidering” in colors (compare
Ex. 35:35
35
Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. (Exodus 35:35)
;
Ex. 38:23
23
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. (Exodus 38:23)
).
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Embroidery
2.
tashbets
, checker-work, used in the “broidered
coat
,” which formed part of the
high
priest
’s
dress
(
Ex. 28:4
4
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. (Exodus 28:4)
). Also (
shabats
) in “thou shalt embroider the coat of fine
linen
” (
Ex. 28:39
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. (Exodus 28:39)
). The stones in the
breastplate
were to be “interwoven” in
gold
(
Ex. 28:20
20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. (Exodus 28:20)
).
3.
πλέγμα, “twined or plaited”
hair
, with which the
Christian
women were not to adorn themselves (
1 Tim. 2:9
9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:9)
).
“Needlework (Maaseh roqem)” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
veil
of
the
tabernacle
, the
ten
curtains, and the hangings
for
the
door
, and for the
gate
of the court were of needlework of
blue
, and
purple
, and
scarlet
, and
fine
-twined
linen
. The
coat
of
fine linen
for the
priest
was
embroidered
, and the
girdle
was of fine-twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework (
Ex. 26:36
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. (Exodus 26:36)
;
Ex. 27:16
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. (Exodus 27:16)
;
Ex. 28:39
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. (Exodus 28:39)
;
Ex. 36:37
37
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; (Exodus 36:37)
;
Ex. 38:18
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. (Exodus 38:18)
;
Ex. 39:29
29
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Moses. (Exodus 39:29)
;
Judg. 5:30
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? (Judges 5:30)
;
Psa. 45:14
14
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. (Psalm 45:14)
). See
BROIDERED
. It is typical of the graces and glories which combine in the
person
of our
great
High Priest
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
7553
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
riqmah
Phonic:
rik-maw’
Meaning:
from
7551
; variegation of color; specifically, embroidery
KJV Usage:
broidered (work), divers colours, (raiment of) needlework (on both sides)
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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