Topic
Ouches
11 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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- Exodus 28:11Easton · ISBE · Nave Sockets
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
- Exodus 28:13ISBE
¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
- Exodus 28:14ISBE
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
- Exodus 28:20ISBE
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- Exodus 28:25ISBE
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
- Exodus 39:3ISBE
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
- Exodus 39:6ISBE
¶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 39:13ISBE
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
- Exodus 39:16ISBE
And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
- Exodus 39:18ISBE
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
- Psalms 45:13ISBE
The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
An Old English word denoting cavities or sockets in which gems were set (Ex. 28:11).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
ouch'-ez, -iz (mishbetsoth (Ex 28:11,13,14,25; 39:6,13,16,18) the American Standard Revised Version "settings," but in Ex 39:13, "inclosings"): The secondary meaning of this now archaic word is the gold or silver setting of a precious stone. In Exodus, where it occurs 8 times, it is clear that the gold settings of the engraved stones forming the breast-plate of the high priest are intended; the onyx stones forming the fibula or brooch for holding together the two sides of the breast-plate being said to be "enclosed in ouches (settings) of gold" (Ex 39:6). Not only were these two onyx or beryl stones so set, but the 12 stones forming the front of the breast-plate were "inclosed in gold in their settings" (Ex 28:20). The same word occurs in Ps 45:13, where the king's daughter is said to have her clothing "in-wrought with gold," i.e. embroidered with gold thread or wire. Ex 39:3 tells us how this wire was produced. From this fact it may be inferred that the settings of the breast-plate were not solid pieces of gold, but were formed of woven wire wreathed round the stones, in a sort of filigree.
See also STONES, PRECIOUS.
W. Shaw Caldecott
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Sockets Ex 28:11
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); 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.