“Fringes” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(fibers). The ornamental hem of the outer garment. Wearing enjoined (Num. 15:37-40; Deut. 22:12; Matt. 9:20; 14:36).
“Lock” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(bar). A bar of wood or metal for outer, and bolt for inner, doors (1 Kings 4:13; Judg. 3:24).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
These in the East were anciently very rude contrivances. They were made of wood with long wooden bolts into which were driven a few pins which dropped into holes and held the bolt secure. The key, also of wood with corresponding pins, would raise the pins of the bolt, and allow it to be shot back (Judg. 3:23-24; Neh. 3:3-15; Song of Sol. 5:5).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Transliteration:
tsiytsith
Meaning:
feminine of 6731; a floral or wing-like projection, i.e. a forelock of hair, a tassel
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
Matthew 9:20. Came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
See also Luke 8:44.
According to the Mosaic law every Jew was obliged to wear a fringe or tassel at each of the four corners of the outer garment, one thread of each tassel to be deep blue. These tassels were to be to them a perpetual reminder of the law of God, and of their duty to keep it. See Numbers 15:38-39; Deuteronomy 22:12. This was the “hem” which the poor woman touched, supposing there was some peculiar virtue in it. So the people of Gennesaret brought their sick to Christ for a similar purpose. See Mark 6: 56, where the same word in the original, κπισπεὀον is rendered “border.” The Pharisees prided themselves greatly on these tassels, considering them as marks of special sanctity in the wearers, and therefore sought to enlarge their size. See Matthew 23:5.