Headdress
The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails....
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the tiara of a king (Ezek. 21:26; Isa. 28:5; 62:3); the turban
(Job 29:14). In the New Testament a careful
distinction is drawn
between the diadem as a badge of royalty (Rev. 12:3;
13:1;
19:12) and the crown as a mark of distinction in
private life.
It is not known what the ancient Jewish "diadem" was.
It was the
mark of Oriental sovereign...
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General scriptures concerning Isa 3:20...
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was]
as a robe and a diadem....
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Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned
in
Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "head-tires"). It
was used
especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa.
3:23;
62:3). The Hebrew word here used, _tsaniph_,
properly means a
turban, folds of linen wound round the head. The
Hebrew word
_peer_, used in Isa. 61:3, there re...
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The head was usually uncovered. In Leviticus 10:6 the sense
of "uncover (literally, "let loose") not your heads" is "let
not your hair fall loosely from your head" as in mourning.
When needful the head was covered with the mantle; the radid
and tsaiph were so used, the veil also. In Job 29:14, "my
judgment (justice) was as ... a diadem," trans...
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di'-a-dem: There are seven Bible references to the diadem,
four in the Old Testament and three in the New Testament.
The Hebrew words do not mark any clear distinctions.
(1) tsaniph, tsanoph, tsaniphah (all from tsanaph, primarily
"to wrap," "dress," "roll") mean a headdress in the nature
of a turban or piece of cloth wrapped or twisted about t...
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General scriptures concerning
Eze 21:26...
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