Bible Dictionary
WEAVING
- Easton's
- Nave's
- Torrey's
| EASTON'S BIBLE DICTIONARY |
Weaving was an art practised in very early times (Exodus 35:35). The
Egyptians were specially skilled in it (Isaiah 19:9; Ezek. 27:7), and some have
regarded them as its inventors.
In the wilderness, the Hebrews practiced it (Exodus 26:1,8; 28:4,39; Leviticus 13:47). It is
referred to in subsequent times as specially the women's work (2 Kings 23:7; Proverbs 31:13,24).
No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "shuttle" (Job 7:6), "the pin" of
the beam (Judges
16:14), "the web" (13,14), and "the beam" (1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Samuel 21:19).
The rendering,
"with pining sickness," in Isaiah 38:12 (A.V.)
should be, as in the Revised Version, "from the loom," or, as in the margin,
"from the thrum." We read also of the "warp" and "woof" (Leviticus
13:48,49,51-53,58,59), but the Revised Version margin has, instead of
"warp," "woven or knitted stuff."
| TORREY'S "THE NEW TOPICAL TEXTBOOK" (additional material included) |
