Topic
Embroidery
30 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 26:1ISBE · Nave In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 26:36ISBE · Nave In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 27:16ISBE · Nave In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle
¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 28:4ISBE · Nave On the girdle and coat of the high priest, intermingled with gold
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- Exodus 28:39ISBE · Nave On the girdle and coat of the high priest, intermingled with gold
¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
- Exodus 38:23ISBE · Nave Bezaleel and Aholiab divinely inspired for, in the work of the tabernacle
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
- Judges 5:30ISBE · Nave On the garments of Sisera
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
- Psalms 45:14ISBE · Nave On the garments of women
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
- Ezekiel 16:10ISBE · Nave On the garments of women
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
- Ezekiel 16:13ISBE · Nave On the garments of women
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
- Ezekiel 16:18ISBE · Nave On the garments of women
And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
- Ezekiel 26:16ISBE · Nave On the garments of princes
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be…
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- Exodus 26:31 ISBE
- Exodus 28:6 ISBE
- Exodus 28:15 ISBE
- Exodus 35:15 ISBE
- Exodus 35:30–35 Nave Bezaleel and Aholiab divinely inspired for, in the work of the tabernacle
- Exodus 35:33 ISBE
- Exodus 35:35 ISBE
- Exodus 36:8 ISBE
- Exodus 36:35 ISBE
- Exodus 36:37 ISBE
- Exodus 38:18 ISBE
- Exodus 38:22 Nave Bezaleel and Aholiab divinely inspired for, in the work of the tabernacle
- Exodus 39:1 ISBE
- Exodus 39:3 ISBE
- Exodus 39:29 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:7 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:16 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:24 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 31 references
em-broid'-er-i (riqrnah; the King James Version Needlework):
Riqmah was applied to any kind of cloth which showed designs in variegated colors. The method of manufacture is unknown. The designs may have been woven into cloth or drawn in by a needle or hook (Jud 5:30; Ps 45:14; Eze 16:10,13,18; 26:16; 27:7,16,24).
Ma`aseh raqam is translated "the work of the embroiderer" in the Revised Version (British and American) instead of "needlework" (Ex 26:36; 27:16; 28:39; 36:37; 38:18; 39:29; Jud 5:30; Ps 45:14).
Raqam, "embroiderer," occurs in Ex 35:35; 38:23. The fact that this word is used instead of `aragh, "weaver," would lead us to suppose that the embroiderers' work was either different from that of the weaver or that a "raqam" was especially skilled in fine weaving. Another word, choshebh, is used to describe a skillful weaver. "Cunning work" in the King James Version of Ex 26:1,31; 28:6,15; 35:33,15; 36:8,35; 39:3,1 is rendered in the American Standard Revised Version "work of the skillful workmen." The passage has been freely rendered "designers."
In the Revised Version (British and American) of Ex 28:39 shabhats is translated "weave."
In Ex 28:4 occurs the word tashbets, which is translated "broidered" in the King James Version and "checker work" in the Revised Version (British and American). If this kind of work is what it is supposed to be, it is more truly "needlework" than the embroidery. This work is still done in some of the Syrian cities and towns, especially in Damascus. Small caps for men to wear under their ordinary headdress and loose outer garments or dressing-gowns are the forms in which it is commonly seen. The checker-work effect is obtained by sewing in a cotton string between two pieces of cloth, so as to form designs. The patterns Usually run to straight lines such as zigzags or squares. The effect is striking, and we can well imagine would have made an impressive priest's robe, especially if costly materials were used.
See also CRAFTS.
James A. Patch
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 14 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle Ex 26:1,36; 27:16
- → On the girdle and coat of the high priest, intermingled with gold Ex 28:4,39
- → On the garments of Sisera Jud 5:30
- → On the garments of princes Eze 26:16
- → On the garments of women Ps 45:14; Eze 16:10,13,18
- → Bezaleel and Aholiab divinely inspired for, in the work of the tabernacle Ex 35:30-35; 38:22,23
- → See TAPESTRY
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.