Topical Encyclopedia
Biblical Significance and SymbolismHair in the Bible often carries significant symbolic meaning, representing strength, beauty, and consecration. It is mentioned in various contexts, from personal grooming to religious vows, and serves as a metaphor for deeper spiritual truths.
Old Testament References1.
Strength and Vows: One of the most notable references to hair in the Old Testament is the account of Samson. His uncut hair was a symbol of his Nazirite vow and the source of his supernatural strength.
Judges 16:17 states, "He told her all that was in his heart and said to her, 'No razor has ever come to my head, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.'"
2.
Beauty and Honor: Hair is also associated with beauty and honor, particularly in the context of women. In
Song of Solomon 4:1 , the beauty of the beloved is described: "How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead."
3.
Mourning and Humiliation: Conversely, the shaving of the head is often a sign of mourning or humiliation. In
Isaiah 3:24 , a prophecy of judgment includes the loss of hair as a symbol of disgrace: "Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame."
New Testament References1.
Cultural Practices: In the New Testament, hair continues to hold cultural and spiritual significance. In
1 Corinthians 11:14-15 , Paul discusses the cultural norms regarding hair: "Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering."
2.
Devotion and Worship: Hair is also mentioned in the context of devotion and worship. In
Luke 7:38 , a woman anoints Jesus' feet and wipes them with her hair, demonstrating deep reverence and love: "As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume."
Symbolic InterpretationsThroughout Scripture, hair can symbolize various spiritual truths. It can represent the strength and dedication of a life consecrated to God, as seen in the Nazirite vow. It can also reflect the beauty and honor bestowed by God, as well as the humility and repentance required in times of mourning.
Cultural and Historical ContextIn biblical times, hair was an important aspect of cultural identity and personal expression. The care and styling of hair could indicate social status, religious devotion, and personal piety. The biblical instructions and narratives concerning hair reflect the broader cultural practices of the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.
ConclusionThe biblical references to hair, whether in the context of strength, beauty, or humility, provide a rich tapestry of meaning that underscores the importance of both physical and spiritual aspects of life. Through these references, believers are reminded of the deeper spiritual truths that hair can symbolize in the biblical narrative.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
HairThe Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long hair was admired in the case of young men. (2 Samuel 14:26) In times of affliction the hair was altogether cut off. (Isaiah 3:17,24;15:2;Jeremiah 7:29) Tearing the hair (Ezra 9:3) and letting it go dishevelled were similar tokens of grief. The usual and favorite color of the hair was black, (Solomon 5:11) as is indicated in the comparisons in (Solomon 1:5;4:1) a similar hue is probably intended by thepurple of (Solomon 7:6) Pure white hair was deemed characteristic of the divine Majesty. (Daniel 7:9;Revelation 1:14) The chief beauty of the hair consisted in curls, whether of a natural or an artificial character. With regard to the mode of dressing the hair, we have no very precise information; the terms used are of a general character, as of Jezebel, (2 Kings 9:30) and of Judith, ch. 10:3, and in the New Testament, (1 Timothy 2:9;1 Peter 3:3) The arrangement of Samson's hair into seven locks, or more properly braids, (Judges 16:13,19) involves the practice of plaiting, which was also familiar to the Egyptians and Greeks. The locks were probably kept in their place by a fillet, as in Egypt. The Hebrews like other nations of antiquity, anointed the hair profusely with ointments, which were generally compounded of various aromatic ingredients, (Ruth 3:3;2 Samuel 14:2;Psalms 23:6;92:10;Ecclesiastes 9:8) more especially on occasions of festivity or hospitality. (Luke 7:46) It appears to have been the custom of the Jews in our Saviour's time to swear by the hair, (Matthew 5:36) much as the Egyptian women still swear by the side-locks, and the men by their beards.
ATS Bible Dictionary
HairThe Jewish men, except Nazarites,Numbers 6:5,9, and cases like that of Absalom,2 Samuel 14:26, cut their hair moderately short,11 Corinthians 11:14, and applied fragrant ointments to it,Exodus 30:30-33Psalm 23:5Ecclesiastes 9:8. In mourning they wholly neglected it, or shaved it close, or plucked it out by handfuls,Jeremiah 7:29. Women prized a fine head of hair, and plaited, perfumed, and decked it in many ways,Isaiah 3:18,2411 Corinthians 11:15, so much as to call for apostolic interdictions,1 Timothy 2:91 Peter 3:9. "Hair like women's" characterized the locusts of antichrist,Revelation 9:8. Lepers when cleansed, and Levites, on their consecration, shaved the whole body, Le 13:1-59 14:8,9.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. "So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever they intended to convey the idea of a man of low condition, or a slovenly person, the artists represented him with a beard." Joseph shaved himself before going in to Pharoah (Genesis 41:14). The women of Egypt wore their hair long and plaited. Wigs were worn by priests and laymen to cover the shaven skull, and false beards were common. The great masses of hair seen in the portraits and statues of kings and priests are thus altogether artificial.
(2.) A precisely opposite practice, as regards men, prevailed among the Assyrians. In Assyrian sculptures the hair always appears long, and combed closely down upon the head. The beard also was allowed to grow to its full length.
(3.) Among the Greeks the custom in this respect varied at different times, as it did also among the Romans. In the time of the apostle, among the Greeks the men wore short hair, while that of the women was long (1 Corinthians 11:14, 15). Paul reproves the Corinthians for falling in with a style of manners which so far confounded the distinction of the sexes and was hurtful to good morals. (See, however,1 Timothy 2:9, and1 Peter 3:3, as regards women.)
(4.) Among the Hebrews the natural distinction between the sexes was preserved by the women wearing long hair (Luke 7:38;John 11:2;1 Corinthians 11:6), while the men preserved theirs as a rule at a moderate length by frequent clipping.
Baldness disqualified any one for the priest's office (Leviticus 21).
Elijah is called a "hairy man" (2 Kings 1:8) from his flowing locks, or more probably from the shaggy cloak of hair which he wore. His raiment was of camel's hair.
Long hair is especially noticed in the description of Absalom's person (2 Samuel 14:26); but the wearing of long hair was unusual, and was only practised as an act of religious observance by Nazarites (Numbers 6:5;Judges 13:5) and others in token of special mercies (Acts 18:18).
In times of affliction the hair was cut off (Isaiah 3:17, 24;15:2;22:12;Jeremiah 7:29;Amos 8:10). Tearing the hair and letting it go dishevelled were also tokens of grief (Ezra 9:3). "Cutting off the hair" is a figure of the entire destruction of a people (Isaiah 7:20). The Hebrews anointed the hair profusely with fragrant ointments (Ruth 3:3;2 Samuel 14:2;Psalm 23:5;45:7, etc.), especially in seasons of rejoicing (Matthew 6:17;Luke 7:46).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.
2. (n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
3. (n.) Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
4. (n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
5. (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
6. (n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
7. (n.) A haircloth.
8. (n.) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CAMEL'S HAIR(triches kamelou): InMatthew 3:4 andMark 1:6 the description of John's raiment is explicit to the extent of telling the kind of hair of which his raiment was made. It is probable that his garment was made of a tawed camel skin, for the more expensive woven camel's hair garment would not be in keeping with the rest of the description. It is still common among the poor in some parts of Syria, when a camel or other animal dies, to remove its skin and, after treating the inner surface to stop decomposition, to make it up into various domestic articles. The writer once saw a peasant dragging a skin along the road which proved to be that of a donkey which had just died on the route. His intention was probably to make it up into a cloak. Some believe that Elijah's mantle was of camel's hair (2 Kings 1:8; compareZechariah 13:4). Of that we cannot be sure, for in the East today the hairy garment is usually goat's hair or wool either woven or still clinging to the skin. It was much more likely to have been one of these latter. SeeSHEEP. Camel's hair, when woven into fabrics, as in rugs, makes an article of even softer and more glossy texture than wool.
SeeWEAVING.
James A. Patch
GOATS' HAIR
('ez): The word for she-goat is used elliptically to mean goats' hair, which was used in the tabernacle furnishings in the form of curtains (Exodus 26:7;Exodus 36:14). Goats' hair was probably used in the Midianite and Israelite camps in much the same way as in the Bedouin camps today (compareNumbers 31:20). The tents, tent ropes and rugs are made of spun goats' hair. The provision sacks which hold wheat, rice, etc., and the saddlebags are made of the same material. A strip of the cloth rolled up furnishes a bolster for the head while sleeping (compare1 Samuel 19:13, 16). Goats' hair cloth is admirab1y suited to stand the hard usage of a frequently shifting encampment. The children of Israel appreciated its utility, even for the tabernacle, where to the modern critical eye it would have looked out of place, matched against scarlet and fine linen (Exodus 25:4;Exodus 35:6, 26). The fact that goats' hair was used is good indication of the comparative crudeness of the tabernacle, when contrasted with present-day furnishings.
See alsoHAIR;WEAVING.
James A. Patch
HAIR
har (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos, kome):
1. Hair Fashions:
Hair was worn in different fashions by the Orientals of Biblical times, and not always in the same way among the same people in different epochs. We know this clearly from Egyptian literature and monuments, as well as from the writings of Greek authors (especially Herodotus), that the dwellers on the Nile had their heads shaved in early youth, leaving but a side lock until maturity was attained, when this mark of childhood was taken away. Priests and warriors kept their heads closely shaved; nothing but the exigencies of arduous warfare were allowed to interfere with this custom. On the other hand, the Hebrew people, like their Babylonian neighbors (Herod. i.195), affected long and well-cared-for, bushy curls of hair as emblems of manly beauty. Proofs thereof are not infrequent in the Scriptures and elsewhere. Samson's (Judges 16:13, 19) and Absalom's (2 Samuel 14:26) long luxuriant hair is specially mentioned, and the Shulammite sings of the locks of her beloved which are "bushy (the Revised Version, margin "curling"), and black as a raven" (Songs 5:11). Josephus (Ant., VIII, vii, 3 (185)) reports that Solomon's body-guard was distinguished by youthful beauty and "luxuriant heads of hair." In the history of Samson we read of "the seven locks of his head" (Judges 16:19). It is likely that the expression signifies the plaits of hair which are even now often worn by the young Bedouin warrior of the desert.
2. Hair in Idol Worship:
It is well known that among the surrounding heathen nations the hair of childhood or youth was often shaved and consecrated at idolatrous shrines (compare Herod. ii.65 for Egypt). Frequently this custom marked an initiatory rite into the service of a divinity (e.g. that of Orotal (Bacchus) in Arabia, Herod. iii.8). It was therefore an abomination of the Gentiles in the eyes of the Jew, which is referred to inLeviticus 19:27Jeremiah 9:26;Jeremiah 25:23;Jeremiah 49:32. The Syriac version of the latter passage renders, "Ye shall not let your hair grow long" (i.e. in order to cut it as a religious rite in honor of an idol). It is, however, probable that among the Jews, as now among many classes of Mohammedans, the periodical cropping of the hair, when it had become too cumbersome, was connected with some small festivity, when the weight of the hair was ascertained, and its weight in silver was given in charity to the poor. At least, the weighing of Absalom's hair (2 Samuel 14:26) may be referred to some such custom, which is not unparalleled in other countries. The use of balances in connection with the shaving-off of the hair inEzekiel 5:1 is certainly out of the common. See illustration, "Votive Offering," on p. 1302.
3. The Nazirite Vow:
We may also compare the shaving of the head of the Nazirite to these heathen practices, though the resemblance is merely superficial. The man who made a vow to God was responsible to Him with his whole body and being. Not even a hair was to be injured willfully during the whole period of the vow, for all belonged to God. The conclusion of the Nazirite vow was marked by sacrifices and the shaving of the head at the door of the sanctuary (Numbers 6:1-21), indicative of a new beginning of life. The long untouched hair was therefore considered as the emblem of personal devotion (or devotedness) to the God of all strength. Thus it was an easy step to the thought that in the hair was the seat of strength of a Samson (Judges 16:17, 20). God has numbered the very hairs of the head (Matthew 10:30Luke 12:7), which to human beings conveys the idea of the innumerableness (Psalm 40:12;Psalm 69:4). What God can number, He can also protect, so that not even a hair of the head might "fall to the earth" or "perish." These phrases express complete safety (1 Samuel 14:452 Samuel 14:111 Kings 1:52Luke 21:18Acts 27:34).
4. Later Fashions:
In New Testament times, especially in the Diaspora, the Jews frequently adopted the fashion of the Romans in cropping the hair closely (1 Corinthians 11:14); still the fear of being tainted by the idolatrous practice of the heathen, which is specially forbidden inLeviticus 21:5, was so great that the side locks remained untouched and were permitted to grow ad libitum. This is still the custom among the Jews of Eastern Europe and the Orient.
See alsoHEAD.
5. Woman's Hair:
If Hebrew men paid much attention to their hair, it was even more so among Hebrew women. Long black tresses were the pride of the Jewish maiden and matron (Songs 7:5John 11:21 Corinthians 11:5, 6, 15), but many of the expressions used in connection with the "coiffures" of women do not convey to us more than a vague idea. The "locks" of the King James Version inSongs 4:1, 3;Songs 6:7Isaiah 47:2 (tsemmah) probably do not refer to the hair, but should be translated (as does the Revised Version (British and American), which follows the Septuagint) by "veil." dallah (Songs 7:5), signifies the slender threads which represent the unfinished web in the loom (compareIsaiah 38:12), and thence the flowing hair of women (the Revised Version (British and American) "hair"). rehaTim (the Revised Version (British and American) "tresses"), in the same verse of the So of Songs means literally the "gutters" at which the flocks were watered (compareGenesis 30:38, 41), and thus the long plaits of the maiden with which the lover toys and in which he is held captive. The braiding or dressing of woman's hair is expressed in2 Kings 9:30 and Judith 10:3. In New Testament times Christian women are warned against following the fashionable world in elaborate hairdressing (1 Timothy 2:91 Peter 3:3).
6. Barbers:
The care of the hair, especially the periodical cutting of the same, early necessitated the trade of the barber. The Hebrew word gallabh is found inEzekiel 5:1, and the plural form of the same word occurs in an inscription at Citium (Cyprus) (CIS, 1586), where the persons thus described clearly belonged to the priests or servants of a temple.
SeeBARBER.
7. Ointments:
Numerous were the cosmetics and ointments applied to the hair (Ecclesiastes 9:8Matthew 6:17; perhapsRuth 3:3), but some, reserved for sacramental purposes, were prohibited for profane use (Exodus 30:32Psalm 133:2). Such distinction we find also in Egypt, where the walls of temple laboratories were inscribed with extensive recipes of such holy oils, while the medical papyri (see especially Papyrus Ebers, plates 64-67) contain numerous ointments for the hair, the composition of some of which is ascribed to a renowned queen of antiquity. Even Greek and Roman medical authors have transmitted to us the knowledge of some such prescriptions compounded, it is said, by Queen Cleopatra VI of Egypt, the frivolous friend of Caesar and Antony (see my dissertation, Die uber die medicinischen Kenntnisse der alten Aegypter berichtenden Papyri, ere, Leipzig, 1888, 121-32). We know from Josephus (Ant., XVI, viii, 1 (233)), that Herod the Great, in his old age, dyed his hair black, a custom, however, which does not appear to be specifically Jewish, as hair-dyes as well as means for bleaching the hair were well known in Greece and Rome. It is certain that the passageMatthew 5:36 would not have been spoken, had this been a common custom in the days of the Lord. A special luxury is mentioned by Josephus (Ant., VIII, vii, 3 (185)), who states that the young men who formed the body-guard of King Solomon were in the habit, on festive occasions, of sprinkling their long hair with gold-dust (psegma chrusou).
For the Jews the anointing of the head was synonymous with joy and prosperity (comparePsalm 23:5;Psalm 92:10Hebrews 1:9; compare also "oil of joy,"Isaiah 61:3, and "oil of gladness,"Psalm 45:7). It was also, like the washing of feet, a token of hospitality (Psalm 23:5Luke 7:46).
On the contrary, it was the custom in times of personal or national affliction and mourning to wear the hair unanointed and disheveled, or to cover the head with dust and ashes (2 Samuel 14:2Joshua 7:6Job 2:12), or to tear the hair or to cut it off (Ezra 9:3Nehemiah 13:25Jeremiah 7:29).
8. Symbolical Use of Word:
We have referred to the thickness of hair which supplied the Hebrew with a suitable expression for the conception "innumerable." Hair is also expressive of minuteness; thus the 700 left-handed men of Benjamin were able to "sling stones at a hairbreadth, and not miss" (Judges 20:16). Gray hairs and the hoary white of old age were highly honored by the Jews (Proverbs 16:31;Proverbs 20:29; APC 2Macc 6:23). Besides expressing old age (Isaiah 46:4), they stand for wisdom (The Wisdom of Solomon 4:9 (10)). Sometimes white hair is the emblem of a glorious, if not Divine, presence (Daniel 7:9; APC 2Macc 15:13;Revelation 1:14). Calamity befalling the gray-headed was doubly terrible (Genesis 42:38;Genesis 44:29). The "hair of the flesh" is said to "stand up" (Job 4:15; APC Sirach 27:14) when sudden terror or fear takes hold of a person. The symbolical language ofIsaiah 7:20 uses the "hair of the feet" (see FEET) and "the beard" as synonymous with "the humble" and the "mighty of the people."
Camel's hair (Matthew 3:4Mark 1:6) is mentioned in connection with the description of John the Baptist's raiment. It represents, according to Jerome, a rough shirt worn under the coat or wrapper, though a rather soft fabric is produced in Arabia from the finer wool of the camel.
Goat's hair was the material of a cloth used for wearing apparel and for a more or less waterproof covering of tents and bundles. It is the black tent-cloth of Kedar' (Songs 1:5Exodus 26:7;Exodus 36:14). In New Testament times it was the special product of Paul's native province, Cilicia, whence its name cilicium, and its manufacture formed the apostle's own trade (Acts 18:3). It is also mentioned as a material for stuffing pillows (1 Samuel 19:13).
See alsoWEAVING.
H. L. E. Luering
PLUCKING OFF THE HAIR
pluk'-ing.
SeeHAIR, 7;PUNISHMENTS.
HAIR, PLUCKING OF THE
SeePUNISHMENTS.
Greek
2864. kome --hair...hair. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kome Phonetic Spelling:
(kom'-ay) Short Definition:
hair, long
hair Definition:
hair, long
hair.
...2863. komao -- to wear longhair
... to wear longhair. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: komao Phonetic Spelling:
(kom-ah'-o) Short Definition: I wear thehair long Definition: I wear thehair...
5155. trichinos -- ofhair
... ofhair. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: trichinos Phonetic Spelling:
(trikh'-ee-nos) Short Definition: made ofhair Definition: made ofhair....
2359. thrix --hair
...hair. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: thrix Phonetic Spelling:
(threeks) Short Definition: ahair Definition:hair (of the head or of animals)....
1708. emploke -- (elaborate) braiding (of thehair)
... emploke. 1709 . (elaborate) braiding (of thehair). Part of... Word Origin from empleko
Definition (elaborate) braiding (of thehair) NASB Word Usage braiding (1)...
4117. plegma -- a braiding
... a braiding. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: plegma Phonetic Spelling:
(pleg'-mah) Short Definition: braidedhair, anything interwoven Definition...
2751. keiro -- to shear
... to shear. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: keiro Phonetic Spelling: (ki'-ro)
Short Definition: I shear, cut thehair of Definition: I shear, cut thehair of...
3587. xurao -- to shave
... to shave. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: xurao Phonetic Spelling:
(xoo-rah'-o) Short Definition: I shave Definition: I shave, shear, cut off thehair....
2768. keras -- a horn
... horn. From a primary kar (thehair of the head); a horn (literally or figuratively) --
horn. (keras) -- 1 Occurrence. (kerata) -- 8 Occurrences....
2776. kephale -- the head
... lord. Word Origin a prim. word Definition the head NASB Word Usage chief
(4),hair (1), head (50), heads (19), very (1). head. From...
Strong's Hebrew
8177. sear --hair... 8176, 8177. sear. 8178 .
hair. Transliteration: sear Phonetic Spelling:
(seh-ar') Short Definition:
hair. Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding
...8185. saarah --hair
... 8184, 8185. saarah. 8186 .hair. Transliteration: saarah Phonetic Spelling:
(sah-ar-aw') Short Definition:hair. Word Origin from...
8181. sear --hair
... 8180, 8181. sear. 8182 .hair. Transliteration: sear Phonetic Spelling:
(say-awr') Short Definition:hair. Word Origin from an unused...
1803. dallah --hair, thrum
... 1802b, 1803. dallah. 1803a .hair, thrum. Transliteration: dallah Phonetic
Spelling: (dal-law') Short Definition:hair.hair, pining sickness, poorest sort...
4253. machalaphah -- a plait (ofhair)
... 4252, 4253. machalaphah. 4254 . a plait (ofhair). Transliteration: machalaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-law-faw') Short Definition: locks....
6545. pera -- longhair, locks
... pera. 6546 . longhair, locks. Transliteration: pera Phonetic Spelling:
(peh'-rah) Short Definition: locks.... locks. From para'; thehair (as dishevelled) --...
6977. qevutstsoth -- locks (ofhair)
... 6976, 6977. qevutstsoth. 6978 . locks (ofhair). Transliteration: qevutstsoth
Phonetic Spelling: (kev-oots-tsaw') Short Definition: locks....
7298b. rahat -- perhaps lock (ofhair)
... 7298a, 7298b. rahat. 7299 . perhaps lock (ofhair). Transliteration:
rahat Short Definition: tresses. Word Origin from an unused...
8534. taltallim -- perhaps locks (ofhair)
... 8533b, 8534. taltallim. 8535 . perhaps locks (ofhair). Transliteration:
taltallim Phonetic Spelling: (tal-tal') Short Definition: dates....
1803a. dallah --hair, thrum
...hair, thrum. Transliteration: dallah Short Definition: locks. Word Origin from dalal
Definitionhair, thrum NASB Word Usage flowing locks (1), loom (1)....
Library
Of Dyeing theHair.
... Book II. Chapter VI."Of Dyeing theHair. I see some (women) turn (the
colour of) theirhair with saffron. They are ashamed even...
Whether theHair and Nails Will Rise Again in the Human Body?
... OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE BODIES IN THE RESURRECTION (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether
thehair and nails will rise again in the human body?...
Of Elaborate Dressing of theHair in Other Ways, and Its Bearing...
... Book II. Chapter VII."Of Elaborate Dressing of theHair in Other Ways,
and Its Bearing Upon Salvation. What service, again, does...
"What SoftHair He Has"
... Chapter 5. Wesley Refused Sacraments at Epworth; Cornwall and the Scilly Isles;
Natural Amphitheater at Gwennap; Wesley in Danger "What SoftHair He Has"....
SomeHair-Splitting Use of Words in which his Opponent had...
... Chapter XXVII."SomeHair-Splitting Use of Words in Which His Opponent
Had Indulged. But you next praise your eyebrows, and toss...
That a Tuft ofHair is not to be Worn on the Head.
... Third Book. 83. That a tuft ofhair is not to be worn on the head. In Leviticus:
"Ye shall not make a tuft from thehair of your head." [4552]. Footnotes:...
If any Woman from Pretended Asceticism Shall Cut Off HerHair...
... Canon XVII. If any woman from pretended asceticism shall cut off herhair?
If any woman from pretended asceticism shall cut off...
How, when Absalom was Beaten, He was Caught in a Tree by hisHair...
... From The Death Of Saul To The Death Of David. CHAPTER 10. How, When Absalom
Was Beaten, He Was Caught In A Tree By HisHair And Was Slain....
Thine Head Upon Thee is Like Carmel, and theHair of Thy Head Like...
... CHAPTER VII. 5. Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and thehair of thy
head like the King's purple, bound by the water courses....
Turn Away Thine Eyes from Me, Because they have Made Me to Flee...
... CHAPTER VI. 4. Turn away thine eyes from me, because they have made me to flee
away; thyhair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead....
Thesaurus
Hair (135 Occurrences)... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) The Egyptians let the
hair of their head and beard
grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times.
...Hair-breadth (1 Occurrence)
Hair-breadth.Hair,Hair-breadth. Haircloth . Multi-Version
ConcordanceHair-breadth (1 Occurrence). Judges 20:16 Among...
Chin (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Chin (8 Occurrences). Leviticus 13:29 And when a man or
a woman has a disease on the head, or in thehair of the chin, (BBE NIV)....
Deeper (18 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Leviticus 13:3 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the
body: and if thehair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the...
Camel's (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CAMEL'SHAIR. (triches kamelou): In Matthew
3:4 and Mark 1:6 the description of John's raiment is...
Nazarite (8 Occurrences)
... The vow of a Nazarite involved these three things, (1) abstinence from wine and
strong drink, (2) refraining from cutting thehair off the head during the...
Diseased (39 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:3 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body:
and if thehair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the...
Barber
... 1. (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress
thehair of his patrons. 2. (vt) To shave and dress the beard orhair of....
Baldness (11 Occurrences)
... it. This probably arose from their custom of constantly shaving the head,
only allowing thehair to grow as a sign of mourning....
Infection (24 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:3 and the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the body:
and if thehair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the...
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