. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . mp;c), mantle (xv. 21; Ezr. ix. 3,5, &c), coat (1 Sam. ii. 19), cloak (Is. lix. 11),= an upper garment, robe, especially an exterior tunic,fuller and longer than the common one, but withoutsleeves; that of kings daughters was with longsleeves (Ges.) It was worn by kings (1 Sam. ), prophets (xxviii. 14), nobles (Job i. 20), youths(1 Sam. ii. 19), women (2 Sam. xiii. 18), priests(Ezr. ix. 3, 5), particularly by the high-priest. (High-Priest, I. 2, c; Priest.) For this the LXX. usethe Gr. ependutes, which in Jn. xxi. 1 = the linencoat worn by Phen
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . mp;c), mantle (xv. 21; Ezr. ix. 3,5, &c), coat (1 Sam. ii. 19), cloak (Is. lix. 11),= an upper garment, robe, especially an exterior tunic,fuller and longer than the common one, but withoutsleeves; that of kings daughters was with longsleeves (Ges.) It was worn by kings (1 Sam. ), prophets (xxviii. 14), nobles (Job i. 20), youths(1 Sam. ii. 19), women (2 Sam. xiii. 18), priests(Ezr. ix. 3, 5), particularly by the high-priest. (High-Priest, I. 2, c; Priest.) For this the LXX. usethe Gr. ependutes, which in Jn. xxi. 1 = the linencoat worn by Phenician and Syrian fishermen, A. V. fishers coat; also Gr. stole, translated longclothing in Mk. xii. 38, &c. Where two tunicsare mentioned (Lk. iii. 11) as worn at the same time,this would be the second ; travellers generally woretwo, but this was forbidden to the disciples, whenJesus first sent them forth (Mat. x. 10; Lk. ix. 3 ;compare xxii. 35, 36). The dress of the middle andupper classes in modern Egypt (fig. 3) illustrates the. Fig. 3.—An Egyptian of the upper classes.—(Lane.) customs of the Hebrews. In addition to the tunicor shirt, they wear a long vest of striped silk andcotton, called kaftan, descending to the ankles, andwith ample sleeves, so that the hands may be con-cealed at pleasure. The girdle surrounds this outer robe consists of a long cloth coat, calledffibbeh, with sleeves reaching nearly to the wrist. Incold weather the abba is thrown over the The ordinary outer garment consisted of a qua-drangular piece of woollen cloth, probably resem-bling in shape a Scotch plaid. The size and texturewould vary with the means of the wearer. The He-brew terms referring to it are—sindah (occasionallysalmah, A. V. garment, Gen. ix. 23 ; Judg. ; Prov. xxx. 4, &c), sometimes put for clothes DRE DRE 235 generally (Gen. xxxv. 2, A. V. garments; , A. V. clothes; Ex. iii. 22, xxii. 9; Deut. , A. V. raiment in this and Ex.; Is. iii.
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