BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8476
ta.chash — leather
1) a kind of leather, skin, or animal hide 1a) perhaps the animal yielding the skin 1a1) perhaps the badger or dugong, dolphin, or sheep, or a now extinct animal
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1192
derma — leather
δέρμα, -τος, τό (δέρω), [in LXX for עוֹר ;] the skin, hide of beasts: ἐν αἰγίοις δ., Heb.11:37.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4082
pēra — bag
πἡρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Jdth.10:5 13:10, 15 * ;] a leathern pouch for victuals, etc., a wallet (Deiss. thinks an alms-bag, see LAE, 108 ff.): Mat.10:10, Mrk.6:8, Luk.9:3 10:4 22:35-36.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2438
himas — leather strap
ἱμάς, -άντος, ὁ [in LXX: Isa.5:27 (שְׂרוֹךְ), Sir.33:26, 4Ma.9:11, al ;] a thong, strap: for binding prisoners (Ma, Sir, ll. with), Act.22:25; for fastening sandals, Mk, Luk.3:16, Jhn.1:27.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G779
askos — wineskin
ἀσκός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX for חֵמֶת, נֹאד, נֶבֶל ;] a leather bottle, wine-skin: Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-38.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1193
dermatinos — made of leather
δερμάτινος, -η, -ον (δέρμα), [in LXX for עוֹר ;] of skin, leathern: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6 (cf. 4Ki.1:8).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H105
a.gar.tal — basin
vessel, basket, leather bag, basin
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20152
askoputinē — leathern canteen
leathern canteen
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21207
sphurōtēr — leather thong, shoe-latchet
leather thong, shoe-latchet
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6703
bursa — a hide
1. the skin stripped off, a hide , (Batrachomyomachia); βύρσης ὄζειν to smell of leather , (Aristophanes Comicus): a drum , (Euripides) 2. the skin of a live animal, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6946
diphthera — a leather covering
1. a prepared hide, tanned skin, piece of leather , (Herdotus Historicus); opposite to δέρρις (an undressed hide) , (Thucydides):—; διφθέραι were used for writing-material in ancient times, before papyrus came in, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. a leathern garment such as peasants wore, (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. a wallet, bag , (Xenophon Historicus) 4. in plural skins used as tents , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8636
pararuma — a sheet of leather
a sheet of leather
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8689
peltē — a small shield
1. a small light shield of leather without a rim ἴτυς); a target , Lat. cetra, originally used by the Thracians, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. a body of πελτασταί, (Euripides) 3. a horse's ornament , (Euripides) 4. = παλτόν, a shaft, pole , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9013
rhaptō — to sew
1. to sew or stitch together, stich , (Iliad by Homer):—; Mid., ῥάπτεσθαι ὀχετὸν δερμάτων to make oneself a pipe of leather, (Herdotus Historicus); ῥαψάμενος τουτί (i.e. τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) having got it stitched , (Aristophanes Comicus); but also, to sew on or to one , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., ἐρράφθαι τὸ χεῖλος to have one's lip sewed up , (Demosthenes Orator) 2. metaphorically to devise, contrive, plot , (Homer), etc.; proverbial, τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you made the shoe , but Aristagoras put it on, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9122
skutalē — a stave
1. a staff, cudgel, club , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. at Sparta, a staff or baton , used as a cypher for writing dispatches:—;a strip of leather was rolled slantwise round it, on which the dispatches were written lengthwise, so that when unrolled they were unintelligible: commanders abroad had a staff of like thickness, round which they rolled these papers, and so were able to read the dispatches:—;hence σκυτάλη came to mean a Spartan dispatch , (Thucydides); and generally a message , (Pindar) derivation uncertain (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9414
telamōn — a ligature
1. a broad strap for bearing anything from Root ! τλα, * τλάω, whence also the hero Telamon took his name, compare Ἄτλας 2. a leathern strap or belt , for bearing both shield or sword, (Homer) 3. a broad linen bandage for wounds, (Iliad by Homer); for swathing mummies, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A girdle of, worn by Elijah (2 Kings 1:8) and John the Baptist (Matt. 3:4). Leather was employed both for clothing (Num. 31:20; Heb. 11:37) and for writing upon. The trade of a tanner is mentioned (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32). It was probably learned in Egypt.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
