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tire in Smith's Bible Dictionary

an old English word for headdress. It was an ornamental headdress worn on festive occasions, #Eze 24:17,23| and perhaps, as some suppose, also an ornament for the neck worn by both women, #Isa 3:18| and men, and even on the necks of camels. #Jud 8:21,26|

tire in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

peer. Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:23. The ornamental head-dress or "cap" worn by priests on festive occasions. Isaiah 61:10, "as a bridegroom decketh himself with a priestly head-dress" (peer); same word as in Isaiah 61:3, "beauty (peer) for ashes" epher, play upon like sounds); to give the ornamental head tiara for a head-dress of ashes (2 Samuel 13:19). Appropriate to the kingdom of priests consecrated to offer spiritual sacrifices to God continually (Exodus 19:6; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6).