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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Broidered

broid'-erd:

(1) riqmah, "variegation of color" (Ezekiel 16:10,13,18; 26:16; 27:7,16,24);

(2) tashbets, "checkered stuff" (as reticulated). The high priest's garments consisted of "a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat (Exodus 28:4 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "a coat of checker work"), a miter, and a girdle";

(3) plegma, "twined or plaited work" (1 Timothy 2:9 the King James Version).

See BRAIDED; EMBROIDERY.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.