HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6287
פְּאֵר
pe.er — headdress
head-dress, ornament, turban
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Head-dress
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G8333
μίτρα
mitra — a mitre
1. a belt or girdle , worn round the waist beneath the cuirass (whereas the ζωστήρ went over it), (Iliad by Homer) 2. = ζώνη, the maiden-zone , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus), etc. 3. a girdle worn by wrestlers , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 4. a head-band worn by Greek women to tie up their hair, a snood , (Euripides) 5. the victor's chaplet at the games, (Pindar); Λυδία μίτρα a Lydian garland (i. e. an ode in Lydian measure), (Pindar) 6. a Persian head-dress, turban , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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στεφάνη
stephanē — a rim
1. anything that encircles the head, for defence or ornament: 2. the brim of the helmet, projecting behind as well as before, (Iliad by Homer) 3. part of a woman's head-dress, a diadem, coronal , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;metaphorically, of a city, ἀπὸ στεφάναν κέκαρσαι πύργων thou hast been shorn of thy coronal of towers, (Euripides) 4. the brim or edge of anything, the brow of a hill, edge of a cliff , (Iliad by Homer); of a basket, (Moschus Bucolicus) (ML)
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τιάρα
tiara — a tiara
a tiara , the Persian head-dress, (Herdotus Historicus); worn by the great king, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
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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.
Scripture references
Exodus 28:40Job 29:14Isaiah 3:23Isaiah 62:3Isaiah 61:3Isaiah 3Exodus 39:28Isaiah 61:10Ezekiel 16:10Jonah 2:5Isaiah 3:181 Samuel 2:1
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.