Skirt
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ISBE 19154 verse references
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
skurt:
(1) kanaph, "wing" "extremity" (Ru 3:9, etc.), is the usual word. But in 1Sa 24:4 ff perhaps "corner" is the best translation.
(2) shul, "loose hanging" (Ex 28:33, etc.; in the King James Version often rendered "hem").
(3) peh, "mouth," "opening" (Ps 133:2, "the precious oil .... that came down upon the skirt"). But the "opening" is that for is that for the head, so that the Revised Version margin "collar" is the correct translation.
"Skirt" is frequently used in a euphemistic sense, for which the commentaries must be consulted.
See DRESS; TRAIN.
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