. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . i. 8; A. V. apparel in thelast, raiment in the others). Another Hebrewterm, mad, with its derivations midddh and medev, isexpressive of the amplitude of the Hebrew garments(Lev. vi. 10, Heb. 3, A. V. garment; Judg. , A. V. raiment; 2 Sam. xx. 8, A. V. gar-ment, &c.) The Gr. himation (Mat. v. 40, A. V. cloak; Acts ix. 39, A. V. garments, &c.) andstole express the corresponding idea, the latter beingespecially appropriate to robes of more than or-dinary grandeur (1 Mc. x. 21, xiv. 9, A. V. ap-parel; Mk. xii. 38, A. V. long clothing; xvi. 5,A. V.
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . i. 8; A. V. apparel in thelast, raiment in the others). Another Hebrewterm, mad, with its derivations midddh and medev, isexpressive of the amplitude of the Hebrew garments(Lev. vi. 10, Heb. 3, A. V. garment; Judg. , A. V. raiment; 2 Sam. xx. 8, A. V. gar-ment, &c.) The Gr. himation (Mat. v. 40, A. V. cloak; Acts ix. 39, A. V. garments, &c.) andstole express the corresponding idea, the latter beingespecially appropriate to robes of more than or-dinary grandeur (1 Mc. x. 21, xiv. 9, A. V. ap-parel; Mk. xii. 38, A. V. long clothing; xvi. 5,A. V. long garment; Lk. xv. 22, xx. 46; 11, vii. 9, 13, 14). The outer garment might beworn in various ways, either wrapped round thebody, or worn over the shoulders, like a shawl, withthe ends or skirts hanging down in front; or itmight be thrown over the head, so as to conceal theface (2 Sam. xv. 30; Esth. vi. 12). The ends wereskirted with a fringe and bound with a dark purpleribbon (Num. xv. 38): it was confined at the waist. Fig. 4. 5.—Egyptians of the lower orders.—(Lane.) by a girdle, and the fold, formed by the overlappingof the robe, served as a pocket. The ordinary mode of wearing the outer robe, now called abba, is ex-hibited in figures 2 and 5. The arms, when fallingdown, are completely covered by it, as in fig. 5; butin holding any weapon, or in active work, the lowerpart of the arm is exposed, as in fig. 2. (Apron ;Frontlets ; Handkerchief ; Mantle ; Sandal.) Thedress of the women differed from that of the menin regard to the outer garment, the tunic being wornequally by both sexes (Cant. v. 3). The names oftheir distinctive robes were as follows :—(l.) or rmtpachath, a kind of shawl (a wideupper garment of a woman, a mantle, a cloak, Gese-nius) (Ru. iii. 15, A. V. vail, margin sheet or apron ; Is. iii. 22, A. V. wimples). (2.) , another kind of shawl (a cloak, mantle,Ges.) (Is. iii. 22, A. V. mantles). (3.) Heb. tsdHph(vail,
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