collar Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
collar in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. peh), means in Job 30:18 the mouth or opening of the garment that closes round the neck in the same way as a tunic (Ex. 39:23). The "collars" (Heb. netiphoth) among the spoils of the Midianites (Judg. 8:26; R.V., "pendants") were ear-drops. The same Hebrew word is rendered "chains" in Isa. 3:19.
collar in Smith's Bible Dictionary
For the proper sense of this term, as it occurs in #Jud 8:26| see EARRINGS.
collar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Job 30:18; "my affliction (disease) bindeth me about as the collar of my (inner) coat"; just as in the preceding clause, "my (outer) garment is changed into affliction "; comprising Job's trials, both those from without and those from within.