plaster Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
plaster in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
giyr, siyr. Leviticus 14:42; Leviticus 14:48; Deuteronomy 27:2; Deuteronomy 27:4; Joshua 8:32. The inscription at Ebal was cut while the plaster was still moist. In Daniel 5:5 the accuracy of Scripture appears; the Nineveh walls were paneled with alabaster slabs, but no alabaster being procurable at Babylon enamel or stucco ("plaster") for receiving ornamental designs covers the bricks; on it Belshazzar's doom was written.