Dictionary of Biblical Words:
One of the three parts that was the priest’s portion of the sacrifices (see Lev. 7), the other two being the breast and the shoulder. The meaning of the two latter is quite clear, the skin probably represents the beauty of the animal. Christians, therefore, typified by the priest, enjoy the strength, the love, and the beauty of Christ as their portion.
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Used by Hebrews
(2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Elijah is described as a “hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather” (2 Kings 1:8). The same Hebrew word is many times translated “skin.” In the New Testament John the Baptist had about his loins a “leathern girdle” (Matt. 3:4); or “of a skin” as in Mark 1:6. We read of Simon a tanner (Acts 9:43; Acts10:6, 32); and the monuments show that the art of tanning was practiced in Egypt, so that without doubt it was also known to the Israelites.
Leather to be dyed at a Moroccan tannery.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 5783; skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV Usage:
hide, leather, skin