| Domain | Definition | ||
| Antiquities | Head-dress. See Coma; Infula; Mitra; Redimiculum; Vitta. (references) | ||
| Bible | Head-dress Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A. V., "bonnets;" R. V., "head-tires"). It was used especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa. 3:23; 62:3). The Hebrew word here used, _tsaniph_, properly means a turban, folds of linen wound round the head. The Hebrew word _peer_, used in Isa. 61:3, there rendered "beauty" (A. V.) and "garland" (R. V.), is a head-dress or turban worn by females (Isa. 3: 20, "bonnets"), priests (Ex. 39:28), a bridegroom (Isa. 61:10, "ornament;" R. V., "garland"). Ezek. 16:10 and Jonah 2:5 are to be understood of the turban wrapped round the head. The Hebrew _shebisim_ (Isa. 3:18), in the Authorized Version rendered "cauls," and marg. "networks," denotes probably a kind of netted head-dress. The "horn" (Heb.keren) mentioned in 1 Sam. 2:1 is the head-dress called by the Druses of Mount Lebanon the tantura. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
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