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Mincing

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Easton's 1897ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

(Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by “wag” or “waggle,” thus representing “the affected gait of coquettish females.”

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

ISBE 1915

min'-sing (Taphaph): "Taking short steps," "walking trippingly." Only in Isa 3:16, "walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling (a jingling of the metal anklets) with their feet." Compare OHL.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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