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641 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. עָטָה.2
… their beard (cover the beard, sign of mourning or shame Che Now Benz Arch. 165 Now Arch. i. 195 ), so Ez 24:17, 22 and (of leper) Lv 13:45 (P); pt. f. עֹטְיָה Ct 1:7 as subst., one wrapping …
642 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. פֶּ֫רֶס.2
† פֶּ֫רֶס n. [ m. ] a bird of prey, perhaps bearded vulture ( gypaetus barbatus ), ‘ ossifrage ’ ( Tristr NHB 171; FFP 94; from tearing its prey ) ;—forbidden as food Dt 14:12 = Lv 11:13 (H).
643 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. צָמַח.2
… (of beard); Inf. cstr. לְצַמֵּחַ Ju 16:22 (Samson’s hair). Hiph. Pf. 3 ms. sf. וְהִצְמִיחָהּ Is 55:10; Impf. 3 ms. יַצְמִיחַ 2 S 23:5; Is 61:11, וַיַּצְמַח Gn 2:9, etc.; Inf. cstr. לְהַצְמִיחַ …
644 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שֵׂעָר.2
… (P); + beard Ezr 9:3; קָדְקֹד שׂ׳ ψ 68:22; incl. head, beard, eyebrows Lv 14:8, 9, 10 (P); שׂ׳ הָרַגְלַיִם Is 7:20 (i.e. of genitals; + רֹאשׁ, זָקָן; in fig.) long hair of woman Ez 16:7 Ct 4 …
645 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. שְׂעֹרָה.2
… . barley ( bearded grain; 𝔊 κριθή, 𝔙 hordeum; NH id.; Sab. שערם Glass in Fell ZMG liv (1900), 256, Arabic شَعِيرٌ; Old Aramaic שערה, 𝔗 סְעָרְתָא; Syriac ܣܥܳܪܬܳܐ; Di 260 cp …
646 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Amorites.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… pointed beards. They are supposed to have been men of great stature; their king, Og, is described by Moses as the last “of the remnant of the giants” ( Deuteronomy …
648 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Beard.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his beard with oil and perfume ( Psalm 133:2 ). Beards were trimmed with the most fastidious care ( 2 Samuel 19:24 ), and their neglet was an indication of deep sorrow …
649 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hair.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… false beards were common. The great masses of hair seen in the portraits and statues of kings and priests are thus altogether artificial.
650 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hair.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
(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.
651 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Leprosy.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his beard with his mantle, as if in lamentation at his own virtual death. He had further to warn passers-by to keep away from him, by calling out, ‘Unclean! unclean …
652 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Mourn.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… or beard ( Leviticus 10:6; Job 1:20 ), neglect of the person or the removal of ornaments ( Exodus 33:4; Deuteronomy 21:12, Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 19:24 …
653 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Ossifrage.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , or bearded vulture, the largest of the whole vulture tribe. It was an unclean bird ( Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12 ). It is not a gregarious bird, and is found …
654 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pharaoh.11 (Matthew G. Easton)
… and beard are thin. They seem to have been kept shaven during life, but were probably allowed to grow during the king’s last illness, or they may have grown after …
655 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Tares.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… — the bearded darnel, mentioned only in Matthew 13:25-30. It is the Lolium temulentum, a species of rye-grass, the seeds of which are a strong soporific poison. It …
656 Etymology dictionary, p. Aaron.2
… . Aaron's beard as a popular name for various plants (including St. John's wort and a kind of dwarf evergreen) deemed to look hairy in some way is from 1540s. Aaron's …
657 Etymology dictionary, p. awn (n.).2
… akuotas "beard, awn"); suffixed form of root *ak- "be sharp, rise (out) to a point, pierce."
658 Etymology dictionary, p. barb (n.).2
… barbe "beard, beard-like appendage" (11c.), from Latin barba "beard," from Proto-Italic *farfa- "beard," which might be from a common PIE root *bhardhā- "beard" (source also …
659 Etymology dictionary, p. Barbados.2
easternmost island of the West Indies, probably from Portuguese las barbadas "the bearded;" the island so called because vines or moss hung densely from its trees, or else for banyan trees. Related: Barbadian (1732).
660 Etymology dictionary, p. barber (n.).2
… the beard and cut and dress the hair," c. 1300, from Anglo-French barbour (attested as a surname from early 13c.), from Old French barbeor, barbieor (13c., Modern French …