Topic
Leather
13 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Kings 1:8Easton · Smith · Nave Belts of
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- Matthew 3:4Easton · Smith · Nave Belts of
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Numbers 31:20Easton · Smith
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
- Acts 9:43Easton · Nave Tanning of
And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
- Acts 10:6Easton · Nave Tanning of
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
- Genesis 3:21Nave Called “skin,”
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
- Leviticus 8:17Nave Called “hide,”
But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 11:32Smith
And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until…
- Leviticus 13:48Smith
Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
- Mark 1:6Nave Called “skin,”
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Acts 10:5Nave Tanning of
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
- Acts 10:32Easton
Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
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- Hebrews 11:37 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.