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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(gird). Worn by men and women to hold the looser
garments
. Made of
leather
(
2 Kings 1:8
8
And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy garment, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
(2 Kings 1:8)
;
Matt. 3:4
4
And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.
(Matthew 3:4)
); of
linen
(
Jer. 13:1
1
Thus said Jehovah unto me:
Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. (Jeremiah 13:1)
;
Ezek. 16:10
10
and I clothed thee with embroidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I bound thee about with byssus, and covered thee with silk.
(Ezekiel 16:10)
);
embroidered
(
Dan. 10:5
5
and I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold,
a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. (Daniel 10:5)
;
Rev. 1:13
13
and in the midst of the [seven] lamp-stands one like
the
Son of man, clad in a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the paps with a golden girdle: (Revelation 1:13)
); used for carrying swords and daggers (
Judg. 3:16
16
And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.
(Judges 3:16)
;
2 Sam. 20:8
8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his dress, and upon it was the girdle of the sword which was fastened on his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
(2 Samuel 20:8)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
An article of
dress
always worn in the
East
, both by the rich and the
poor
, and needed there because of their flowing robes. For the poor they were of the plainest material, but for the rich they were more or less costly, and were highly ornamented. They were thus suitable articles for presents (
1 Sam. 18:4
4
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. (1 Samuel 18:4)
;
2 Sam. 18:11
11
And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten silver pieces and a girdle.
(2 Samuel 18:11)
).
John
the Baptist wore a leathern girdle, or one of skin (
Matt. 3:4
4
And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.
(Matthew 3:4)
;
Mark 1:6
6
And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.
(Mark 1:6)
; compare
2 Kings 1:8
8
And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy garment, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
(2 Kings 1:8)
). In
the Revelation
the
Lord
has on a golden girdle, and the
seven
angels
who come out of
the temple
have the same (
Rev. 1:13
13
and in the midst of the [seven] lamp-stands one like
the
Son of man, clad in a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the paps with a golden girdle: (Revelation 1:13)
;
Rev. 15:6
6
and the seven angels that had the seven plagues came [out of the temple], clad in pure bright linen, and girt round about their breasts with golden girdles. (Revelation 15:6)
). The priests wore girdles, and one for
Aaron
was a “
linen
” girdle (
Lev. 16:4
4
A holy linen coat he shall put on, and linen breeches shall be upon his flesh; and he shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen miter shall he be attired: these [are] holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. (Leviticus 16:4)
), and with the
breastplate
was the CURIOUS (that is,
embroidered
) GIRDLE of the
ephod
, made of
gold
,
blue
,
purple
,
scarlet
, and fine-twined linen (
Ex. 28:8
8
And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus.
(Exodus 28:8)
).
The girdle is typical of strength, and “girding up the
loins
” denotes active service. When the
Gentiles
are gathered by
God
to
discipline
Israel
, the girdle of their loins shall not be loosed (
Isa. 5:27
27
none shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: (Isaiah 5:27)
). Of the Lord when He comes to reign it is said, “
Righteousness
shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his
reins
” (
Isa. 11:5
5
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. (Isaiah 11:5)
). In the present warfare the
Christian
is exhorted to have his loins “girt about” with
truth
(
Eph. 6:14
14
Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (Ephesians 6:14)
)—the “truth” being the very thing that
Satan
will most oppose, and about which the mass are liable to be indifferent.
Girdles were also used for purses (
Matt. 10:9
9
Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass, for your belts,
(Matthew 10:9)
;
Mark 6:8
8
and he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only;
no wallet, no bread, no money in their belt, (Mark 6:8)
), where
the word
signifies a “belt.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
232
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’ezowr
Phonic:
ay-zore’
Meaning:
from
246
; something girt; a belt, also a band
KJV Usage:
girdle